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MR.  WILLIAM  SHAKESPEARE 

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OLIVER  BATY  CUNNINGHAM 
of  the  Class  of  1917,  Yale  College. 


MR. 
WILLIAM   SHAKESPEARE 

ORIGINAL  AND  EARLY  EDITIONS  OF  HIS 

QUARTOS  AND  FOLIOS  •  HIS  SOURCE 

BOOKS  AND  THOSE  CONTAINING 

CONTEMPORARY  NOTICES 

BY 

HENRIETTA  C.  BARTLETT 


Copyright  1922  by 
YALE  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 


First  published,  April,  1922. 
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THE  OLIVER  BATY  CUNNINGHAM 
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THE  present  volume  is  the  second  work  published  by  the 
Yale  University  Press  on  the  Oliver  Baty  Cunningham 
Memorial  Publication  Fund.  This  Foundation  was  estab- 
lished May  8,  1920,  by  a  gift  from  Frank  S.  Cunningham, 
Esq.,  of  Chicago,  to  Yale  University,  in  memory  of  his  son, 
Captain  Oliver  Baty  Cunningham,  15th  United  States  Field 
Artillery,  who  was  born  in  Chicago,  September  17,  1894, 
and  was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  the  Class  of  1917. 
As  an  undergraduate  he  was  distinguished  alike  for  high 
scholarship  and  for  proved  capacity  in  leadership  among 
his  fellows,  as  evidenced  by  his  selection  as  Gordon  Brown 
Prize  Man  from  his  class.  He  received  his  commission  as 
Second  Lieutenant,  United  States  Field  Artillery,  at  the 
First  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Fort  Sheridan,  and  in 
December,  1917,  was  detailed  abroad  for  service,  receiving 
subsequently  the  Distinguished  Service  Medal.  He  was 
killed  while  on  active  duty  near  Thiaucourt,  France,  on 
September  17,  1918,  the  twenty-fourth  anniversary  of  his 
birth. 


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To 
BEVERLY  CHEW 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

Introduction,  xiii 

tfhe  Key  to  Owners,  xxv 

Shakespeare's  Works,  i 

Spurious  Plays  Assigned  to  Shakespeare,  and 

Adaptations  of  His  Works,  55 

Source  Books,  83 

Contemporary  Notices,  137 

f  he  Index,  197 


Introduction. 


THE  number  of  books  relating  to  Shakespeare  is  so  large 
already  that  it  may  seem,  at  first  thought,  unnecessary  to  add 
another.  For  three  centuries  he  has  been  approached  from  every 
point  of  view,  by  every  kind  of  mind,  and  no  one  can  hope  to 
read  all  that  has  been  written  about  him. 

My  best  excuse  for  putting  one  more  book  about  Shake- 
speare before  the  public  is  that  it  contains,  in  one  volume,  full 
and  accurate  descriptions  of  the  first  editions  of  a  great  many 
books  in  early  English  literature  connected  with  him,  and  gives 
their  present  location.  It  is,  in  fact,  an  attempt  to  bring  to- 
gether, in  compact  form,  all  the  more  important  printed  sources 
before  1640,  from  which  we  derive  our  knowledge  of  the 
greatest  English  dramatist,  his  life  and  works. 

In  1916,  on  the  occasion  of  the  3ooth  anniversary  of  Shake- 
speare's death,  an  exhibition  of  books  by  and  about  him  was 
held  in  the  New  York  Public  Library  from  April  2  to  July  15, 
which  was  visited  by  over  66,000  people.  That  exhibition  was 
the  basis  on  which  the  present  work  is  founded. 

It  was  largely  due  to  Mr.  W.  A.  White  of  Brooklyn  that  the 
New  York  Public  Library  was  able  to  show  the  finest  collec- 
tion of  books  relating  to  Shakespeare  which  was  ever  brought 
together  in  one  place.  He  suggested  the  idea  in  the  fall  of  1915 
and  authorized  me  to  make  all  arrangements  with  Dr.  Edwin 
Anderson,  Director  of  the  Library.  Dr.  Anderson  welcomed  the 
suggestion,  and  he  and  his  entire  staff  did  everything  in  their 
power  to  make  the  undertaking  a  success. 

The  greater  part  of  the  exhibition  was  composed  of  the 
White,  Huntington  and  Lenox  (New  York  Public  Library) 
collections,  but  Messrs.  Beverly  Chew,  Winston  H.  Hagen, 
Darwin  P.  Kingsley,  Marsden  J.  Perry,  Willis  Vickery,  John 
C.  Williams  and  the  University  of  Michigan  all  lent  rare 


xiv  Introduction. 

books,  in  order  that  those  who  visited  the  exhibition  might 
have  a  chance  to  see  virtually  an  entire  series  of  the  early  edi- 
tions of  Shakespeare's  works  and  such  other  books  as  were 
necessary  for  a  picture  of  the  sources  from  which  the  great 
dramatist  took  his  plots  and  of  the  allusions  to  him  in  con- 
temporary literature. 

The  British  Museum  owns  the  best  single  collection  of  the 
kind,  but  it  has  not  all  the  books  which  were  shown  here,  nor 
can  it  bring  together  such  a  loan  exhibition  as  this,  for  the 
reason  that  nearly  all  the  important  collections  of  Shake- 
speare's works  in  Great  Britain  are  owned  by  public  institu- 
tions and  cannot  be  lent. 

The  introduction  to  tfhe  Census  of  Shakespeare's  Plays  in 
Quarto*  explains  the  difference  in  ownership  and  location  of 
Shakespeare's  quarto  plays  in  England  and  America.  In  Eng- 
land, they  are  chiefly  in  public  collections  where  they  may  be 
examined  by  the  student,  but  may  not  be  withdrawn  for  exhi- 
bition or  study  elsewhere.  In  America,  they  are  chiefly  in  the 
libraries  of  private  collectors,  whose  generosity  made  possible 
this  great  exhibition.  Unfortunately  there  are  in  America  but 
three  public  institutions  which  contain  original  editions  of 
Shakespeare's  works  of  sufficient  value  to  form  the  basis  for 
an  exhibition.  These  are  the  Boston  Public  Library,  which 
owns  the  Barton  Collection;  the  Elizabethan  Club  at  Yale, 
with  its  famous  Huth  Quartos;  and  the  New  York  Public 
Library,  containing  the  Lenox  Collection. 

The  books  brought  together  in  1916  were  very  fine  and  the 
three  hundred  and  forty-three  exhibits  included  a  few  manu- 
scripts by  contemporaries  of  Shakespeare.  Of  necessity  there 
were  some  books  which  could  not  be  obtained  on  this  side  of 
the  Atlantic,  and  some  which  could  be  shown  only  in  a  late 
edition. 

In  1917  I  compiled  a  catalogue  of  that  exhibition,  which 

*A  Census  of  Shakespeare's  Plays  in  Quarto,  1594-1709.  By  Henrietta  C. 
Bartlett  and  Alfred  W.  Pollard.  New  Haven,  Yale  University  Press,  1916. 


Introduction.  xv 

was  issued  by  the  New  York  Public  Library;*  it  gave  the  title 
of  each  book  shown  and  such  literary  and  historical  notes  as 
were  necessary  to  explain  its  presence.  When  the  catalogue  ap- 
peared there  were  many  scholars  here  and  in  England  who 
regretted  that  the  work  was  not  complete  and  Iwas  urged  to 
fill  in  the  gaps  and  collect  in  one  volume  descriptions  of  all 
the  important  printed  books  before  1640  necessary  for  a  study 
of  Shakespeare.  It  was  also  considered  desirable  that  full 
bibliographical  descriptions  should  be  given  as  well  as  the 
literary  and  historical  notes  which  were  thought  sufficient  for 
the  original  catalogue.  The  result  of  three  years'  work  along 
these  lines  is  offered  here,  and  while  no  one  can  be  more  con- 
scious that  I  of  the  difficulties  of  selection  and  omission,  it  is 
hoped  that  the  result  will  prove  of  value  to  students  and  show 
clearly  what  a  mass  of  contemporary  information  exists  about 
William  Shakespeare.  No  attempt  has  been  made  to  touch  the 
manuscript  sources. 

The  books  selected  for  description  are  divided  into  four 
classes.  First,  editions  of  the  works  of  Shakespeare,  both  plays 
and  poems,  issued  before  1709.  Second,  spurious  works  which 
have  been  attributed  to  Shakespeare  from  his  own  day  to  ours, 
and  adaptations  of  his  plays,  from  J.  Caryl's  English  Princess 
(1667)  to  Garrick's  Florizel  and  Perdita  (1762).  Third, 
books  which  Shakespeare  may  have  read  or  to  which  he  refers. 
Fourth,  books  containing  allusions  to  Shakespeare  or  to  his 
works,  from  Greenes  Groatsworth  of  Witte,  1 592,  to  the  pub- 
lication of  the  First  Folio  in  1623;  including  some  later  allu- 
sions to  Shakespeare. 

Shakespeare's  works  consist  of  both  poems  and  plays,  and 
less  than  half  of  the  latter  appeared  in  print  before  his  death 
in  1616.  His  poems,  which  were  considered  of  the  greatest 
importance  in  his  own  day,  but  are  now  valued  less  than  his 
dramas,  were  published  as  follows: 

*A  Catalogue  of  the  Exhibition  of  Shakespeareana  held  at  the  New  York 
Public  Library,  April  2  to  July  15,  1916.  Compiled  by  Henrietta  C.  Bartlett. 
New  York,  1917. 


xvi  Introduction. 

Venus  and  Adonis,  1593 

Lucrece,  1594 

'The  Sonnets,  1609 

There  were  also  some  short  poems  in  The  Passionate  Pil- 
grime,  a  piratical  publication  which  was  issued  by  Jaggard  in 
1599;  and  a  poem  signed  by  him  was  included  in  Chester's 
Loves  Martyr,  1601.  All  known  editions  of  these  works  issued 
before  1640  are  described  here,  as  well  as  the  first  edition  of 
his  collected  poems,  1640. 

The  following  plays  appeared  in  separate  form  during 
Shakespeare's  lifetime  and  are  known  as  the  "Quarto" 
editions : 

tfitusAndronicus,  1594,  1600,  1611 

Richard  II,  1597,  1598  (2  editions),  1608,  1615 

Richard  HI,  1597,  1598,  1602,  1605,  1612 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  1597,  1599,  1609 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1598,  1599,  1604,  1608,  1613 

Loves  Labors  Lost,  1598 

Henry  IV,  Part  II,  1600 

Henry  V,  1600,  1602 

Merchant  of  Venice,  1600 

Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  1600 

Much  Adoe  About  Nothing,  1600 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1602 

Hamlet,  1603,  1604,  1611 

King  Lear,  1608 

Pericles,  1609  (2  editions),  1611 

'froylus  and  Cressida,  1609 

Ninety  separate  editions  and  issues  of  these  plays  appeared 
before  1709  and  are  included  in  the  present  work,  from  the 
first  edition  of  tfitus  Andronicus,  1594,  to  the  eleventh  edition 
of  Hamlet,  1703. 

The  reader's  attention  is  drawn  to  the  unique  copy  of  the 
third  edition  of  Richard  II  (1598).  Until  a  few  years  ago  Mr. 
White's  copy  was  supposed  to  be  an  example  of  the  second 


Introduction.  xvii 

edition,  also  1598,  but  in  cataloguing  his  library  in  1914  I 
found  that  it  was  an  entirely  new  printing,  following  the  more 
common  second  edition.  As  far  as  known  this  is  the  only  copy 
extant,  and  a  facsimile  has  been  made,  with  an  exhaustive 
introduction  by  Mr.  Alfred  W.  Pollard,  keeper  of  books  of  the 
British  Museum.* 

The  first  collected  edition  of  all  the  plays  was  issued  by 
Shakespeare's  fellow  actors,  John  Heming  and  Henry  Condell, 
in  one  folio  volume  in  1623,  seven  years  after  his  death,  and 
is  commonly  known  as  the  First  Folio.  To  this  collection  we 
owe  the  text  of  twenty  of  the  plays,  which  had  not  appeared 
in  print  until  that  year.  This  book  is  considered  the  most 
valuable  single  book  in  the  English  language. 

In  1632  the  Folio  was  reprinted,  the  title  with  varying  im- 
prints bearing  the  names  of  the  several  booksellers  who  shared 
the  expense  of  the  production.  This  was  a  common  custom  in 
the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries  and  no  one  of  these 
imprints  can  be  definitely  assumed  to  be  earlier  than  any  other. 

The  Third  Folio  of  1663-1664  is  found  with  title-pages  of 
both  dates,  and  with  and  without  the  seven  spurious  plays 
which  first  appeared  with  the  second  issue,  1664.  These  plays 
are: 

Pericles 

'fhe  London  Prodigall 

tfhomas,  Lord  Cromwell 

Sir  John  Oldcastle 

tfhe  Puritaine.  Or  The  Widdow  of  Watling  Streete 

A  Torkshire  tragedy 

Locrine 

With  the  exception  of  Pericles  all  of  these  have  been  re- 
jected by  modern  scholars,  but  they  were  included  in  the 
fourth  and  last  collected  edition  of  the  seventeenth  century, 
that  of  1685. 

As  Shakespeare's  reputation  increased  and  the  commercial 

*  The  Tragedy  of  King  Richard  II.  London,  Quaritch,  1916. 


xviii  Introduction. 

value  of  his  name  became  apparent,  dishonest  and  careless 
publishers  and  booksellers  issued  works  not  written  by  him, 
but  with  his  name  attached.  Some  of  them  had  been  previously 
issued  anonymously  and  his  authorship  is  assigned  only  in  the 
later  editions,  while  others  appeared  at  first  under  his  name. 
These  include: 

Sir  John  0  Ideas  tie,  1600 

The  troublesome  raigne  of  John,  King  of  England,  1591 

tfke  London  Prodigall,  1605 

A  Torkshire  tragedy,  1608 

Several  other  plays  were  printed  with  the  initials  "W.  S." 
on  their  titles,  but  it  is  not  definitely  known  that  these  were 
meant  for  Shakespeare ;  they  are : 

Locrine,  1595 

*£ homos.  Lord  Cromwell,  1602 

T'he  Puritaine.  Or  tfhe  Widdow  of  Watling  Streete,  1607 

Various  other  plays  which  have  been  assigned  to  him  at  dif- 
ferent times  by  booksellers  and  others  are  now  generally  con- 
sidered spurious.  The  genuine  authors  of  some  of  them  are 
known,  but  the  following  are  still  anonymous  and  are  de- 
scribed here : 

Arden  of  Feversham,  1592 

Edward  III,  1596 

Mucedorus,  1598 

Merry  Devill  of  Edmonton,  1608 

FaireEm,  n.d.  [c.  1592] 

Birth  of  Merlin,  1662 

With  the  opening  of  the  theatres  in  1660,  after  the  acces- 
sion of  King  Charles  II,  Shakespeare's  plays  found  a  place  in 
the  repertory.  Various  writers,  however,  considered  them  too 
old-fashioned  for  contemporary  taste  and  proceeded  to  rewrite 
and  adapt  them  in  a  manner  inexplicable  to  us,  but  strictly  in 
accordance  with  the  habits  of  the  stage  at  that  day,  as  well  as 
during  the  Elizabethan  period.  It  is  well  known  that  Shake- 


Introduction.  xix 

speare  himself  began  his  work  as  a  dramatist  by  revising  the 
work  of  earlier  men,  and  the  second  and  third  parts  of  Henry 
VI  remain  to  show  the  method  used. 

There  is  a  long  list  of  adaptations  which  were  popular  at  the 
time  and  were  acted  for  years  to  the  exclusion  of  the  genuine 
plays.  John  Dryden  and  William  Davenant  were  the  most 
celebrated  of  these  adapters,  but  their  work  is  not  an  improve- 
ment on  the  originals.  The  number  of  adaptions  here  de- 
scribed is  particularly  interesting,  as  few  collectors  or  libraries 
have  made  a  specialty  of  this  class  of  Shakespeareana  and  the 
books  are  often  difficult  .to  find.  Some  of  the  plays  bear  the 
same  name  as  the  original,  such  as  tfhe  tempest  and  *froilus 
and  Cressida,  by  Dryden.  Others  have  a  new  title  and  different 
names  for  the  characters,  but  use  many  of  the  lines  of  the 
original  without  change;  Otway's  Cams  Manus,  modelled  on 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  is  a  case  of  this  kind. 

In  most  plays  acknowledgment  is  made  of  the  debt  to 
Shakespeare,  but  in  others  there  is  nothing  to  show  that  the 
work  is  not  an  original  composition. 

For  years  the  students  of  Shakespeare  have  been  tracing 
the  books  which  were  used  by  him  in  writing  his  plays,  not 
only  those  which  contain  the  sources  of  his  plots,  but  all  to 
which  he  makes  any  reference.  The  result  of  this  study  is 
found  in  various  books  and  in  the  notes  in  all  modern  editions 
of  his  works.  The  best  list  is  that  found  in  H.  R.  D.  Anders's 
Shakespeare's  Books  (Berlin,  1904),  which  goes  into  the  most 
minute  details.  An  attempt  has  been  made  to  describe  here  all 
the  important  books  to  which  Anders  refers.  It  is  not  probable 
that  Shakespeare  consulted  them  all,  but  they  were  all  acces- 
sible in  his  day.  They  may  be  divided  into  four  heads : 

First,  books  from  which  his  plays  were  immediately  adapted. 
Among  these  the  following  are  important : 
Brooke,  Romeus  and  Juliet,  1562 
Painter,  Palace  of  Pleasure,  1 566-67 
Holinshed,  Chronicles,  1577 


xx  Introduction. 

North,  Plutarch's  Lives,  1 579 
Lodge,  Rosalynde,  1590 
Greene,  Pandosto,  1592 

tragedy  of  Richard  III,  1594 
Naming  of  a  Shrew,  1594 
Famous  Victories  of  Henry  V,  1598 
King  Leir  and  his  tfhree  Daughters,  1605 

Second,  books  from  which  his  material  was  indirectly  derived : 
Saxo  Grammaticus,  1514 
Da  Porto,  1539 
Giovanni,  1554 
Giraldi-Cinthio,  1565 

Third,  books  from  which  he  borrowed  or  quoted : 
The  Bible 

^Esop's  Fables,  1484 
Surrey,  Songes  and  Sonettes,  1557 
Sidney,  Arcadia,  1590 
Montaigne,  Essais,  1580 

Fourth,  books  which  influenced  his  general  style : 
Daniel,  Delia 
Kyd,  Plays 

Marlowe,  Plays,  and  Hero  and  Leander 
Sidney,  Astrophel  and  Stella 

In  1873  the  New  Shakspere  Society  published  A  Century 
of  Praise,  which  included  all  the  allusions  to  the  poet  or  his 
works,  printed  before  1693  and  traced  up  to  1873.  This  has 
been  revised  and  re-edited  several  times  and  in  its  present 
form,  tfhe  Shakspere  Allusion  Book,  edited  by  John  Munro 
(2  vols.,  1909),  is  the  best  collection  of  notices  of  Shake- 
speare and  his  works. 

In  the  present  work  this  has  been  the  most  difficult  section 
to  determine,  as  the  question  of  the  relative  value  of  different 
notices  must  always  be  a  matter  of  individual  taste.  The  at- 
tempt has  been  made  to  include  all  important  allusions  before 


Introduction.  xxi 

the  publication  of  the  First  Folio  in  1623  and  some  after- 
wards, including  a  full  set  of  those  works  of  John  Dryden 
(1664-1683)  which  discuss  Shakespeare.  Dryden  is  included 
because  he  was  the  first  English  critic  of  Shakespeare  who  was 
himself  a  man  of  high  literary  standing.  Ben  Jonson  can 
hardly  be  said  to  criticize  Shakespeare,  and  his  opinion,  as 
given  in  the  eulogistic  verses  printed  in  the  First  Folio,  is 
perhaps  the  greatest  tribute  ever  paid  by  one  writer  to  a  con- 
temporary and,  in  a  sense,  a  rival. 

Under  this  heading  are  found  Greenes  Groatsworth  of 
Witte,  1592,  which  contains  the  first  allusion  to  Shakespeare, 
veiled  indeed  but  undoubtedly  referring  to  him,  and  Willobie 
his  Avisa,  1594,  which  is  the  first  book  to  mention  Shakespeare 
by  name  except  his  own  poem  Venus  and  Adonis,  which  ap- 
peared with  his  name  signed  to  the  dedication  in  1593.  The 
majority  of  the  notices  are  of  his  works  and  especially  of  the 
poems;  the  plays  which  were  quoted  most  during  his  lifetime 
seem  to  have  been  Hamlet,  Richard  III,  Romeo  and  Juliet, 
and  those  in  which  Falstaff  appears. 

As  regards  the  method  of  description:  the  title  of  each  vol- 
ume is  lined  off,  and  a  collation  by  signatures  with  edition  and 
size  is  given,  as  well  as  any  important  bibliographical  note.  So 
much  for  the  collector  and  bibliographer.  For  the  student  of 
literature  and  history,  there  is  a  statement  of  the  facts  in  re- 
gard to  the  contents  of  the  book,  but  no  attempt  at  criticism  of 
any  kind  is  made.  The  desire  is  to  present  the  material  to  the 
reader  in  a  clear  and  compact  form  and  to  allow  him  to  draw 
his  own  conclusions.  Great  attention  has  been  paid  to  accuracy 
of  detail;  I  have  personally  examined  and  verified  the  titles 
and  collations  of  nearly  all  the  books  and  for  the  very  few 
which  I  could  not  see,  photostats  and  careful  transcripts  have 
been  made  by  scholars,  here  and  in  Europe. 

For  those  books  before  1640  which  are  so  rare  that  not  more 
than  five  copies  can  be  located,  I  have  endeavored  to  assign 
owners.  It  is  so  desirable  for  a  student  to  know  where  such 


xxii  Introduction. 

rarities  can  be  seen,  that  it  seemed  worth  the  great  amount  of 
time  and  labor  involved. 

Collectors  and  librarians  both  in  America  and  in  England 
have  been  more  than  kind  in  aiding  me,  but  it  is  inevitable  that 
unlisted  copies  should  come  to  light,  especially  in  Great 
Britain.  I  can  only  ask  the  kindly  indulgence  and  co-operation 
of  all  readers,  and  beg  that  they  will  forward  to  me  informa- 
tion in  regard  to  new  copies  which  may  turn  up.  Editors  of 
English  texts  are  often  obliged  to  use  reprints  and  modern 
editions  because  they  do  not  have  access  to  the  originals  and 
there  are  few  reprints  which  can  be  absolutely  depended  on  as 
facsimiles.  Anything  but  a  truthful  photographic  facsimile 
may  have  been  tampered  with,  improved,  "be-devilled"  as  one 
eminent  bibliographer  puts  it,  and  the  results  are  often  dis- 
astrous. 

The  entries  in  the  four  sections  are  arranged  chronologically 
under  date  of  publication  except  that  the  works  of  an  author 
are  brought  together  under  the  date  of  the  earliest  one.  Where 
we  have  reason  to  suppose  that  Shakespeare  used  a  certain 
edition,  that  one  is  given,  but  in  all  uncertain  cases  the  earliest 
is  described.  Where  a  book  is  very  rare  a  good  modern  reprint 
is  noted,  a  facsimile  if  one  exists,  but  this  detail  has  been 
omitted  in  certain  cases. 

tfhe  Key  to  Owners  gives  the  full  name  and  address  of 
owners  of  the  very  rare  books,  arranged  in  order  of  numerical 
superiority. 

tfhe  Index  has  a  first  entry  or  entries  in  black-faced  type  for 
the  full  description  of  a  book  when  it  appears  in  the  text ;  sub- 
sequent entries  are  in  ordinary  type  and  refer  to  casual  men- 
tion of  the  work. 

It  is  with  pleasure  and  gratitude  that  I  record  the  long  list 
of  courtesies  which  have  been  extended  to  me  by  collectors, 
students,  librarians  and  booksellers  in  this  country  and  abroad. 
My  special  thanks  are  due :  in  America,  to  Mr.  W.  A.  White, 
who  has  kindly  allowed  me  to  use  the  notes  in  his  manuscript 


Introduction.  xxiii 

catalogue  which  I  have  been  compiling  since  1911,  and  whose 
collection  contains  a  large  proportion  of  the  books  herein  de- 
scribed; to  Dr.  Edwin  Anderson  and  the  trustees  of  the  New 
York  Public  Library  for  permission  to  use  the  notes  which 
appeared  in  my  catalogue  of  the  exhibition,  1917;  to  Mr. 
Henry  E.  Huntington,  his  librarian  (Dr.  George  Watson 
Cole)  and  his  staff,  for  unlimited  opportunity  to  consult  the 
treasures  of  the  Henry  E.  Huntington  Library  and  for  the 
many  kindnesses  they  have  showed  me ;  to  Miss  Ruth  S.  Gran- 
niss  and  the  Council  of  the  Grolier  Club;  and  finally  to  Mr. 
Beverly  Chew,  "The  Dean  of  American  Collectors,"  to  whom 
I  owe  especial  thanks  for  suggestions,  encouragement  and  most 
valuable  information  in  regard  to  English  Literature  and 
Bibliography,  both  of  which  he  knows  so  well,  also  for  kind 
permission  to  dedicate  this  book  to  him.  In  England,  I  am 
under  the  greatest  obligations  to  Mr.  Alfred  W.  Pollard, 
Keeper  of  Books  at  the  British  Museum,  and  his  staff;  to  Mr. 
Falconer  Madan,  late  Bodley's  Librarian,  and  to  the  staff  of 
the  Bodleian ;  to  Dr.  Francis  Jenkinson  and  Mr.  Charles  Sayle 
of  Cambridge  University  Library;  to  Mr.  A.  H.  Schofield  of 
Trinity  College  Library,  Cambridge;  and  to  Dr.  Walter  Wil- 
son Greg.  In  addition,  my  warmest  thanks  are  extended  to  all 
the  institutions  and  individuals  who  own  these  rare  books. 

The  work  has  been  a  labor  of  love  on  my  part  and  I  can 
truly  say  that  every  person  to  whom  I  have  applied  for  help 
or  information  has  done  his  or  her  part  to  make  the  book 
better  and  more  complete. 

HENRIETTA  C.  BARTLETT. 
June,  1921. 


'The  Key  to  Owners. 


IN  the  case  of  a  book  which  is  so  rare  that  not  more  than  five  copies  are 
known,  we  have  assigned  these  copies  to  their  last  recorded  owners. 
There  are  a  few  books  which  have  been  sold  within  the  past  twenty 
years  but  whose  present  location  is  unknown.  These  have  been  entered 
under  the  last  known  owner  with  the  words  "now  untraced" ;  informa- 
tion as  to  their  present  location  is  earnestly  desired. 

The  list  of  owners  is  arranged  in  the  order  of  the  number  of  books 
owned  by  each. 

HUNTINGTON.  The  Henry  E.  Huntington  Library  and  Art  Gal- 
lery, San  Gabriel,  .California.  Nos.  5,  10,  17,  18,  20,  22,  25,  29,  31, 
34,  38,  40,  46,  49,  55,  67,  76,  79,  80,  94,  125,  126(3),  !33>  !35>  !36> 

138,  139,  140,  142,  151,  152,  195,  198,  2O2G,  2O2H,  2O2I,  214,  217, 
22lA,  22lE,  22lF,  22lG,  228,  235,  238C,  2386(2),  238!!,  240(2), 
244,  245,  252(2),  257,  258,  26l,  263,  264,  273,  274,  283,  289,  294, 

305,  31 1,  314,  315,  316,  321,  330,  347 

B.M.  British  Museum,  London.  Nos.  2,  4,  7,  10,  13,  18,  31,  34,  38,  40, 
46,  49'  55>  76,  79»  80,  94,  98,  133,  135,  137,  138,  140,  154,  189,  195, 

198,  2O2B,   2O2D,   202G,  2O2H(2),  209,   211,   214,   217,  2l8,   22lC, 

22iF,  225,  228,  233,  2386,  2380,  238F,  240(3),  249,  250,  259,  261, 
264(2),  268,  269,  273,  274,  275,  278,  279,  280,  285,  286,  305,  311, 
316,317,322,344,347 

BODL.  Bodleian  Library,  Oxford,  England.  Nos.  1,  2,  4,  6,  7,  8,  n, 
12,  16(2),  18,  24,  35,  38,  46,  57,  76,  125,  128,  136,  140,  189,  202A, 

202E,  202G,  2O2I,  2O7,  211,  213,  214,  219,  22lC,  22lD,  225,  228, 

232,  233(2),  235,  2380,  2380,  240,  242,  251,  252(2),  253,  259,  261, 
263,  264(2),  269,  274,  275,  280(2),  283,  297,  316,  320,  321,  322, 
323,  325,  334,  344,  345,  347,  358 

WHITE.  W.  A.  White,  Esq.,  14  Wall  Street,  New  York  City.  Nos. 
33,  34,  140,  151,  157,  199,  2026,  208,  209,  217,  218,  22iH,  225,  228, 
238E,  240,  242,  249,  2503,  259,  264,  268,  269,  274,  275,  278,  279, 
280,  283,  289,  299,  314,  316,  317,  321,  324,  325,  343,  344,  345,  347, 
348,  358 

FOLGER.  H.  C.  Folger,  Esq.,  26  Broadway,  New  York  City.  Nos.  3, 


xxvi  The  Key  to  Owners. 

6,  13,  l6,  22,  28,  34,  38,  46,  54,  76,  80,  98,   133,  151,  202H,  211,  2l8, 

22  lE,  238E,  251,  258,  264,  273,  279,  280,  286,  312,  324,  344,  345 

T.C.C.  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  England.  Nos.  9,  15,  17,  22,  31, 
40,  46,  55,  57,  67,  76,  80,  135,  151,  154,  202C,  202H,  207,  22iF, 
225(2),  240,  244,  245,  252,  264,  289,  334,  348 

BRIT  WELL.  The  Christie-Miller  Collection,  sold  August,  1916,  to 
date.  Nos.  20,  25,  2O2E,  2O2G,  209,  213,  22 iC,  22 iD,  228,  232, 
233,  238A,  2386,  238F,  25oa,  259,  279,  282,  284,  285,  286,  334,  352, 
358 

V.  &  A.M.  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  South  Kensington,  London. 
Nos.  125,  134,  142,  154,  232,  238E,  274,  327 

CLAWSON.  J.  L.  Clawson,  Esq.,  care  Clawson  and  Wilson,  Buffalo, 
New  York.  Nos.  34,  198,  2O2G,  286,  348,  352 

MORGAN.  The  Pierpont  Morgan  Library,  33  East  36th  Street,  New 
York  City.  Nos.  195,  2O2F,  2O2H,  221  A,  2380,  322 

E.G.  The  Elizabethan  Club,  Yale  University,  New  Haven,  Connecticut. 
Nos.  2,  34,  38,  80,  94 

RYLANDS.  The  John  Rylands  Library,  Manchester,  England.  Nos. 
202F,  2386,  269,  329,  330 

B.P.L.  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Nos.  137,  140, 

154.  305 
HUTH.  The  Huth  Collection,  sold  November,  1911,  to  June,  1920. 

Nos.  22 lE,  274,  275,  358  (items  now  untraced) 

EDIN.  UNIV.  Edinburgh  University  Library,  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 
Nos.  20,  29,  49 

HOLFORD.  Sir  George  Holford,  K.C.V.O.,  Dorchester  House,  Park 
Lane,  London.  Nos.  2,  94,  2O2D 

PLIMPTON.  G.  A.  Plimpton,  Esq.,  care  Ginn  &  Co.,  Fifth  Avenue, 
New  York  City.  Nos.  196,  197,  198 

PFORZHEIMER.  Carl  H.  Pforzheimer,  Esq.,  Purchase,  New  York. 

Nos.  202C,  2021,  258 

ROSENBACH.  Dr.  A.  S.  W.  Rosenbach,  273  Madison  Avenue,  New 
York  City.  Nos.  34,  264,  273 

U.L.C.  University  Library,  Cambridge,  England.  Nos.  198,  211,  314 


The  Key  to  Owners.  xxvii 

CRICHTON-STUART.   Estate  of  the   late  Lord  Ninian  Crichton- 
Stuart,  Falklands,  Fife,  Scotland.  Nos.  34,  57 

ASHBURNHAM.  The  Rt.  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Ashburnham's  Collection, 
sold  June  25,  1897  (now  untraced).  No.  344 

BIRMINGHAM.    Birmingham   Public   Library,   Birmingham,    Eng- 
land. No.  325 

CASSEL.  Cassel,  Germany.  No.  236 

CHEW.  Beverly  Chew,  Esq.,  St.  Clair  Street,  Geneva,  New  York.  No. 
238H 

CORPUS  CHRISTI.  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford,  England.  No. 
20 

CRAWFORD.  The  Rt.  Hon.  David  A.  E.  Lindsay,  Earl  of  Crawford 
and  Balcarres,  7  Audley  Square,  London.  No.  269 

DANZIG.  Stadtbibliothek,  Danzig,  Prussia.  No.  141 

ELHAM  CHURCH.  Elham  Church  Library,  near  Canterbury,  Kent, 
England.  No.  251 

GLASGOW.  Glasgow  University,  Glasgow,  Scotland.  No.  2O2F 

JONES.  Herschel  V.  Jones,  Esq.,  Minneapolis  Journal,  Minneapolis, 

Minnesota.  No.  261 

LAMBETH.  Lambeth  Palace  Library,  London.  No.  242 

LEFFERTS.  Marshall  C.  Lefferts'  Collection,  sold  April,  1902  (now 
untraced).  No.  202F 

L.  of  C.  Library  of  Congress,  Washington,  D.  C.  No.  214 

LOVED  AY.  E.  T.  Loveday  Collection,  privately  sold  in  1906  (now 
untraced).  No.  24 

MACCLESFIELD.  The  Rt.  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Macclesfield,  Shirburn 
Castle,  Watlington,  Oxon.,  England.  No.  7 

MACKENZIE.  J.  M.  Mackenzie  Collection,  sold  March,  1889  (now 
untraced).  No.  20 

MOSTYN.  The  Lord  Mostyn  Collection,  sold  March,  1919,  to  July, 
1920  (now  untraced).  No.  273 

N.Y.P.L.  The  New  York  Public  Library,  471   Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York  City.  No.  18 


xxviii  The  Key  to  Owners. 

PALMER.  George  Herbert  Palmer,  Esq.,  Harvard  University,  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts.  No.  2O2E 

PETERBOROUGH.    Peterborough    Cathedral,    Peterborough,    Eng- 
land. No.  288 

ROWFANT.  Frederick  Locker-Lampson  Collection  at  Rowfant  Hall, 
sold  by  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  1905,  etc.  (now  untraced).  No.  238D 

ST.  JOHN'S.  St.  John's  College,  Oxford,  England.  No.  152 
SION  COLLEGE.  Sion  College,  London.  No.  282 

WILLIAMS.  John  C.  Williams,  Esq.,  52  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
No.  286 

WINDSOR.  Windsor  Castle,  Windsor,  England.  No.  189 
WORCESTER.  Worcester  College,  Oxford,  England.  No.  2386 


SHAKESPEARE'S  WORKS 


Shakespeare*  s  "Poems. 


VENUS  AND  ADONIS 

1.  [Ornament] /Venus /and /Adonis/ [quotation  2  lines/ 
Field's    device,    McKerrow,    192*] /London /Imprinted   by 
Richard  Field,  and  are  to  be  sold  at/the  signe  of  the  white 
Greyhound  in/Paules  Church-yard./ 1593^       London,  1593. 

First  edition;  4to;  [A]2,  B-G4,  H2  =  28  leaves,  the  last  probably 
blank. 

The  only  known  copy  is  now  in  the  Bodleian  Library;  it  measures 
lY%  x  5/4  inches.  It  was  purchased  by  Edmund  Malone  from  William 
Ford  of  Manchester,  in  August,  1805,  and  is  bound  with  a  copy  of 
Giles  Fletcher's  Licia  (1593). 

The  first  thirteen  editions  of  Venus  and  Adonis  are  extremely  rare 
and  a  complete  list,  as  far  as  known,  with  the  location  of  copies  up  to 
January,  1921,  is  here  given.  Sir  Sidney  Lee**  gave  a  census  of  copies 
in  his  reproduction,  1905,  but  some  new  copies  have  since  appeared  and 
some  have  changed  hands. 

This  is  the  first  work  by  Shakespeare  to  appear  in  print  and  was 
dedicated  to  his  friend  and  patron,  Henry  Wriothesley,  Lord  South- 
ampton. The  story  is  founded  on  Ovid's  Metamorphosis  but  Shake- 
speare may  have  known  it  only  through  Golding's  translation  of  1567. 
He  was  undoubtedly  influenced  by  Lodge's  Scillaes  Metamorphosis, 
1589,  and  the  poem  has  a  close  resemblance  to  Marlowe's  Hero  and 
Leander,  which  was  written  before  1593,  though  not  printed  until  1598. 
Meres  assigned  this  poem  to  Shakespeare  in  his  Palladis  Tamia,  1598. 

Venus  and  Adonis  has  been  reproduced  three  times :  1,  in  lithographic 
facsimile  by  E.  W.  Ashbee  for  Halliwell-Phillipps,  1867 ;  2,  in  photo- 
lithography by  W.  Griggs  for  F.  J.  Furnivall  in  1886;  3,  in  collotype 
facsimile  by  Sir  Sidney  Lee,  1905. 

2.  [Ornament] /Venus/and    Adonis/ [quotation    2    lines/ 
Field's  device,  McK.   192] /London. /Imprinted  by  Richard 
Field,  and  are  to  be  sold  at/the  signe  of  the  white  Greyhound 
in/Paules  Church-yard. /1594/  London,  1594. 

*  Printers'  &  Publishers'  Devices  .  .  .  1485-1640.  By  R.  B.  McKerrow.  Lon- 
don, Bibliographical  Society,  1913. 

**  Shakespeares  Venus  and  Adonis  .  .  .  1593.  With  introduction  and  bibliog- 
raphy by  Sidney  Lee.  Oxford,  Clarendon  Press,  1905. 


4  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Second  edition;  410;  [A]2,  B-G4,  H2  =  28  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

Only  four  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M.  (Jolley  copy)  ;  2,  Bodl.  (Calde- 
cott  copy)  ;  3,  E.G.  (Daniel-Huth  copy)  ;  4,  Holford.  One  leaf  of  this 
edition  was  bought  at  the  Daniel  sale  by  Halliwell  and  presented  to  the 
Shakespeare  Birthplace  Library  at  Stratford-on-Avon. 

3.  [Venus  and  Adonis].  Fragment  of  twelve  leaves  lacking 
title.  [i  594- 1 596*?] 

Third  edition;  8vo;  B4,  C4,  and  D4=  12  leaves,  the  rest  lacking. 

This  fragment  bears  no  evidence  of  place  or  date,  but  from  the  read- 
ings it  has  been  assigned  a  date  after  the  edition  of  1594  and  before 
that  of  1596. 

The  only  known  copy  belonged  to  Mr.  M.  J.  Perry  and  is  now  in  the 
collection  of  Mr.  Folger. 

4.  [Ornament] /Venus/and    Adonis/ [quotation    2    lines/ 
Field's   device,    McK.   210] /Imprinted   at   London   by   R. 
F[ield]  for/Iohn  Harison./i596/  London,  1596. 

Fourth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8,  D4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M.  (Bolland-Bright-Daniel  copy)  ; 
2  Bodl.  (Bernard-Warton-Malone  copy).  Although  generally  called 
"Third"  edition,  this  is  really  the  fourth,  if  the  preceding  number 
should  be  placed  between  the  editions  of  1594  and  1596,  as  seems 
probable. 

5.  [Ornament] /Venus  and  Adonis./ [quotation  2   lines/ 
ornament] /Imprinted  at  London  for  William  Leake,  dwel-/ 
ling  in  Paules  Churchyard  at  the  signe  of/the  Greyhound. 
1 599-7  London,  1599. 

Fifth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8,  D4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

This  edition  was  unknown  until  1867,  when  this  copy  was  discovered 
at  Lamport  Hall,  the  seat  of  Sir  Charles  Isham,  bound  in  with  The 
Passionate  Pilgrim,  1599,  and  Epigrammes  and  Elegies  by  I.D.  and 
C.M.,  n.d.  It  was  sold  by  Sir  Charles  to  Mr.  Christie  Miller  in  1893 
with  many  other  valuable  sixteenth  century  books,  and  resold  in  Decem- 
ber, 1919,  n.  85,  to  G.  D.  Smith  for  Mr.  Huntington,  £15100. 

It  was  probably  printed  by  Peter  Short  and  a  typed  facsimile  was 
issued  by  Sotheran  &  Co.  in  1870. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  5 

6.  Venus./And  Adonis./ [quotation  2  lines/device,  appar- 
ently McK.  215]  Imprinted  at  London  for  William  Leake, 
dwel-/ling  in  Paules  Churchyard,  at  the  signe  of/the  Grey- 
hound. 1599.7  London,  1599. 

Sixth  edition ;  small  8vo ;  A-C8,  D4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl.  (Farmer-Malone  copy)  ;  2,  Fol- 
ger  (Burton  copy).  They  differ  in  some  respects  and  the  Bodleian, 
which  lacks  title,  is  said  to  be  an  earlier  issue.  The  Folger  copy  is  bound 
up  in  the  rare  little  volume  of  Shakespeariana  belonging  to  Richard 
Burton  of  Longner  Hall  offered  at  Sotheby's  March  23rd,  1920,  but 
sold  before  the  sale  to  B.  Quaritch  for  Mr.  Folger. 

7.  [Ornament] /Venus/and   Adonis./ [quotation   2    lines/ 
device,  McK.  341] /Imprinted  at  London  for  William  Leake,/ 
dwelling  at  the  signe  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  in/Pauls  Church- 
yard. i6o2./  London,  1602. 

Seventh  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8,  D*  =  28  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M.  (Chauncey-Steevens-Bindley- 
Strettel-Daniel  copy)  ;  2,  Bodl.  (Robert  Burton's  copy,  uncut)  ;  3,  Lord 
Macclesfield.  There  is  a  title-page  of  this  edition  in  the  Bagford  Collec- 
tion at  the  British  Museum;  and  a  copy  is  noted  in  the  Catalogus 
Bibliothecae  Harleianae,  1743-5,  this  can  not  now  be  located. 

8.  [Ornament] /Venus/and/Adonis./ [quotation  2  lines]/ 
London,/Printed  for  W.  B[arrett]  i6i7./  London,  1617. 

Eighth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8,  D4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
The  only  known  copy  is  now  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  it  was  be- 
queathed by  Thomas  Caldecott  in  1833. 

9.  [Ornament] /Venus/and/ Adonis./ [quotation  2  lines]/ 
London,/Printed  for  I.  P[arker]  i62o./  London,  1620. 

Ninth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8,  D4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
The  only  known  copy  is  now  in  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  be- 
queathed by  Edward  Capell. 

10.  Venus/and/ Adonis./ [quotation  2  lines/device ]/Edin- 


6  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

burgh,/Printed  by  lohn  Wreittoun,  and/are  to  bee  sold  in 
his  Shop  a  litle  be-/neath  the  salt  Trone.  1627. 

Edinburgh,  1627. 

Tenth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8  =  24  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M.  (Chalmers-Bright  copy);  2, 
Huntington  (Godfrey-Griswold-Hoe  copy). 

This  is  the  first  example  of  any  work  by  Shakespeare  printed  outside 
of  London. 

11.  Venus, /and /Adonis./ [quotation   2    lines /device   of 
Cupid]  /London, /Prin ted  by  J.  H[aviland]/and  are  to  be  sold 
by  Francis  Coulis  in/ the  Old  Baily  without  Newgate.  i63<D./ 

London,  1630. 

Eleventh  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8,  D4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
The  only  known  copy,  formerly  the  property  of  Anthony  a  Wood, 
is  now  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  bound  with  several  others. 

12.  [Venus  and  Adonis,  n.d.]  [1630-1636*?] 

Twelfth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8,  D4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
The  only  known  copy,  lacking  the  title-page,  is  now  in  the  Bodleian 
Library.  It  was  probably  printed  between  1630  and  1636. 

13.  Venus /and /Adonis./ [quotation  2  lines  /  woodcut]  / 
London,/Printed  by  I.  Htaviland]  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Fran- 
cis Coules  in/the  Old  Baily  without  Newgate.  i636./ 

London,  1636. 

Thirteenth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8,  D4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  probably 
blank. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M.  (Hibbert  copy);  2,  Folger 
(Ives-Perry  copy). 

LUCRECE 

14.  [Ornament]    Lucrece./[ Field's   device,   McK.    222]/ 
London./Printed  by  Richard  Field,  for  lohn  Harrison,  and 
are/to  be  sold  at  the  signe  of  the  white  Greyhound/in  Paules 
Churh-yard.  [sic~\  1594.  London,  1594. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  7 

First  edition  ;  4to  ;  A2,  B-M4,  N2  =  48  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

At  least  ten  copies  are  now  known. 

This  is  the  second  work  issued  by  Shakespeare  and  appeared  in  1594 
with  a  dedication,  signed  in  full,  to  the  same  Earl  of  Southampton  to 
whom  he  had  dedicated  Venus  and  Adonis  the  previous  year.  It  is 
interesting  to  note  the  change  in  the  tone  of  the  dedication  from  the 
formal  address  of  the  earlier  work  to  the  warm  friendly  tone  of  this 
one.  It  was  assigned  to  Shakespeare  in  Palladis  Tamia,  1598. 

It  is  possible  that  Shakespeare  may  have  read  the  story  in  the  original 
Latin,  as  a  boy  at  school,  but  it  is  more  probable  that  he  was  familiar 
with  it  through  one  of  the  many  English  versions  of  the  time.  It  is 
found  in  Chaucer,  Lydgate,  Painter,  and  elsewhere. 

Lucrece  was  very  popular  and  had  appeared  in  eight  editions  by  1655 
when  the  last  of  the  seventeenth  century  editions  was  issued. 

It  has  been  reproduced  three  times:  1,  in  lithographic  facsimile  by 
E.  W.  Ashbee  for  Halliwell-Phillipps  in  1867  ;  2,  in  photo-lithography 
with  introduction  by  F.  J.  Furnivall  in  1886;  3,  in  collotype  facsimile 
by  Sir  Sidney  Lee  in  1905.* 

15.  [Ornament]  Lucrece.  /  [ornament]  /At  London,/ 
Printed  by  P.  S[hort]  for  lohn/Harrison.  1598./ 

London,  1598. 

Second  edition  ;  8vo  ;  A-D8,  E4  =  36  leaves. 

Only  one  copy  is  known;  it  is  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  be- 
queathed by  Capell. 


16.  [Ornament]  /Lucrece./  [Harison's  device,  McK. 
London./Printed  by  I.  H.  for  lohn  Harison./i6oo./ 

London,  1600. 

Third  edition  ;  8vo  ;  A-D8,  E4  =  36  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl.  (Farmer-Malone  copy);  2, 
Bodl.  ;  3,  Folger  (Burton  copy).  This  last  differs  from  the  Bodleian  in 
several  details  ;  Bodleian  has  £3  wrongly  marked  63  while  the  Folger 
copy  is  correct. 

The  Burton  copy  was  discovered  in  January,  1920.  (See  No.  6.) 

17.  [Ornament]  /Lucrece./  [Hanson's  device,  McK.  SIQ]/ 

*  Skakespeares  Lucrece  .  .  .  1594  .  .  .  With  introduction  and  bibliography 
by  Sidney  Lee.  Oxford,  Clarendon  Press,  1905. 


8  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

At  London,/Printed  be  [sic~\  N.  O[kes]  for  lohn  Ha-/rison. 
1607.  London,  1607. 

Fourth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-D8  =  32  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  T.C.C. ;  2,  Huntington  (Bridgewater 
copy). 

18.  The/Rape/of/Lucrece./By/Mr.    William    Shake- 
speare. /  Newly    Reuised. /  [device,    McK.    227] /London:/ 
Printed  by  T.  S[nodham],  for  Roger  lackson,  and  are/to  be 
solde  at  his  shop  neere  the  Conduit/in  Fleet-street,  1616. 

London,  1616. 

Fifth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-D8  =  32  leaves. 

Four  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl.  (Caldecott  copy)  ;  3,  N.  Y. 
P.  L.  (Lenox  copy)  ;  4,  Huntington  (Ouvry-Rowf ant-Church  copy). 

19.  The/Rape/of/Lucrece./By    Mr.    William    Shake- 
speare./Newly  Revised./London/Printed  by  I.  B.  for  Roger 
Jackson,  and  are/to  be  sold  at  his  shop  neere  the  Conduit/in 
Fleet-street,  1624.  London,  1624. 

Sixth  edition ;  8vo ;  A-D8  =  32  leaves. 
Six  copies  are  known. 

20.  The/Rape/of/Lucrece/by/Mr.     William     Shake- 
speare. /  Newly    Revised.  /  [device,    McK.    275]  /  London,  / 
Printed  by  R.  B[adger*?]  for  lohn  Harrison,  and/are  to  be  sold 
at  his  shop  at  the  golden/Vnicorne  in  Paternoster  Row./ 1632. 

London,  1632. 

Seventh  edition ;  8vo ;  A-D8  =  32  leaves,  Al  &  D8  are  doubtless  blank. 

There  are  five  copies  known:  1,  Corpus  Christi;  2,  Edin.  Univ.;  3, 
Britwell  (Steevens-Heber  copy) ;  4,  Huntington  (Halliwell-Perry 
copy)  ;  5,  J.  M.  Mackenzie  (sold  Mar.  n,  1889,  now  untraced). 

21.  The  Rape  of /Lucrece, /Committed  by/Tarquin  the 
Sixt ;/and/The  remarkable  judgments  that  befel  him  for  it./ 
By/The  incomparable  Master  of  our  English  Poetry,/Will : 
Shakespeare  Gent./Whereunto  is  annexed,/The  Banishment 


Shakespeare's  Works.  9 

of  Tarquin  :/Or,  the  Reward  of  Lust./By  J.  Quarles./ [de- 
vice] /London./Printed  by  J.  G.  for  John  Stafford  in  George- 
yard/neer  Fleet-bridge,  and  Will :  Gilbertson  at/the  Bible  in 
Giltspur-street,  1655.7  London,  1655. 

Eighth  edition ;  8vo ;  A4,  B-F8,  G4  =  48  leaves,  plus  portrait. 

This  is  a  fairly  common  book  but  the  engraving  facing  the  title-page 
is  rare ;  only  seven  copies  are  known.  It  is  by  William  Faithorne  and  is 
the  third  engraved  portrait  of  Shakespeare;  the  first  is  the  Droeshout 
engraving  in  the  First  Folio,  1623  ;  the  second  is  the  portrait  by  William 
Marshall  in  Shakespeare's  Poems,  1640.  Although  evidently  adapted 
from  the  Droeshout  engraving  it  is  a  more  agreeable  portrayal  and 
much  better  execution. 

22.  The/Passionate/Pilgrime./By  W.  Shakespeare./ [or- 
nament]/At  London/Printed  for  W.  Jaggard,  and  are/to  be 
sold  by  W.  Leake,  at  the  Grey-/hound  in  Paules  Church- 
yard./ 1599.  London,  1599. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-D8  =  32  leaves,  the  first  blank  except  for  signa- 
ture-mark, the  last  blank. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  T.C.C. ;  2,  Folger  (Burton  copy); 
3,  Huntington  (Lamport-Britwell  copy).  The  Folger  copy  is  imperfect, 
lacking  both  titles,  but  while  signatures  B  and  D  agree  with  Trinity 
and  Huntington,  the  leaves  before  Bi  and  the  6  leaves  between  B8  and 
Di  are  of  an  unknown  edition  or  issue;  it  collates;  [A3-Ay]  ;  B8;  6 
leaves  without  signature-mark ;  D8,  the  last  blank  =  27  leaves. 

The  perfect  copies  have  a  second  title  on  recto  €3 ;  T)$-Dj  are  printed 
on  both  sides  of  the  leaf ;  all  the  other  leaves  have  the  verso  blank. 

The  volume  contains  the  first  appearance  in  print  of  two  of  Shake- 
speare's Sonnets  which  had  been  mentioned  the  year  before  by  Meres 
as  his  "sugred  Sonnets  among  his  private  friends."  These  were  re- 
printed as  Nos.  138  and  144  in  the  Sonnets,  1609. 

The  Passionate  Pilgrim  also  contains  three  poems  by  Shakespeare 
which  appeared  in  Loves  Labors  Lost,  1598.  The  rest  of  the  book  com- 
prises poems  by  Marlowe,  Raleigh,  Griffin  and  others,  all  entered 
anonymously. 

It  has  been  reproduced  three  times:  i,  in  typed  reproduction  by  C. 
Edmonds  in  1870;  2,  in  photo-lithography  by  F.  J.  Furnivall  in  1883; 
3,  in  collotype  facsimile  by  Sir  Sidney  Lee,  1905.* 

*  The  Passionate  Pilgrim  .  .  .  1599  .  .  .  With  introduction  and  bibliog- 
raphy by  Sidney  Lee.  Oxford,  Clarendon  Press,  1905. 


1O  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

23.  [The  Passionate  Pilgrime]. 

Second  edition: 

Sir  Sidney  Lee  makes  the  statement  that  the  second  edition  was  issued 
by  Jaggard  in  1606,  but  no  copy  is  known  to  exist. 

24.  The/Passionate/Pilgrime./Or/Certaine  Amorous  Son- 
nets,/bet  weene  Venus  and  Adonis,/newly  corrected  and  aug-/ 
mented./By  W.  Shakespeare. /The  third  Edition./Where-unto 
is  newly  ad-/ded  two  Xoue-Epis ties,  the  first/from  Paris  to 
Hellen,  and/Hellens  answere  backe/againe  to  Paris./Printed 
by  W.  Iaggard./i6l2.  London,  1612. 

Third  edition ;  8vo ;  A-H8  =  64  leaves,  the  first  and  last  blank. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl.  (with  both  title-pages);  2, 
Loveday  copy  (now  untraced). 

The  addition  of  the  epistles  from  Paris  and  Helen,  which  were  really 
by  Thomas  Heywood,  moved  that  poet  to  an  outburst  of  wrath  against 
Jaggard  which  appeared  in  "An  Address  to  the  Printer,  Nicholas  Okes" 
in  the  Apology  for  Actors,  1612.  Jaggard  was  so  far  affected  that  he 
removed  Shakespeare's  name  from  the  title-page  of  The  Passionate 
Pilgrim  leaving  the  space  blank,  there  is  no  other  difference  in  the 
titles. 

LOVES  MARTYR 

25.  Loves  Martyr  :/Or,/Rosalins  Complaint./Allegorically 
shadowing  the  truth  of  Loue,/in  the  constant  Fate  of  the 
Phoenix/and  Turtle./A  Poeme  enterlaced  with  much  varietie 
and  raritie;/now  first  translated  out  of  the  venerable  Italian 
Torquato/Caeliano,  by  Robert  Chester./With  the  true  legend 
of  famous  King  Arthur,  the  last  of  the  nine/Worthies,  being 
the  first  Essay  of  a  new  Brytish  Poet :  collected/out  of  diuerse 
Authenticall  Records./To  these  are  added  some  new  composi- 
tions, of  seuerall  moderne  Writers/whose  names  are  subscribed 
to  their  seuerall   workes,   vpon   the/first   Subiect:   viz.   the 
Phoenix   and/Turtle./ [quotation   one   line/ornament] /Lon- 
don/Imprinted for  E.  B[lount].  London,  1601. 

First  edition;  4to;  A-Z4,  Aa4,  Bb2  =  98  leaves,  the  first  probably 
blank. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  1 1 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  Britwell  (Roxburghe-Sykes  copy)  ;  2, 
Huntington  (Daniel-Tite-Rowf ant-Church  copy). 

In  the  supplement,  which  contains  a  collection  of  poems  by  various 
authors  on  The  Phoenix  and  the  Turtle,  is  one  signed  by  Shakespeare. 


SONNETS 

26.  [Ornament] /Shake-speares/Sonnets./Neuer  before  Im- 
printed./At  London/By  G.  Eld  for  T.  T[horpe]  and  are/to 
be  solde  by  William  Aspley./ 1609.  London,  1609. 

[Ornament] /Shake-speares/Sonnets./Neuer  before  Im- 
printed./At  London/By  G.  Eld  for  T.  T[horpe]  and  are/to 
be  solde  by  lohn  Wright,  dwelling/at  Christ  Church  gate./ 
1609.  London,  1609. 

First  edition,  both  imprints ;  410 ;  A2,  B-K4,  L2  =  40  leaves. 

At  least  twelve  copies  are  known :  four  with  the  Aspley  imprint,  six 
with  the  Wright  imprint  and  two  lacking  the  title. 

Shakespeare's  Sonnets  appeared  in  1609  with  the  title-page  in  two 
states  as  described  above,  there  are  no  other  differences;  evidently  the 
edition  was  divided  between  two  booksellers  and  each  had  his  copies 
marked  with  his  name. 

They  were  first  referred  to  by  Francis  Meres,  who  spoke  of  Shake- 
speare's "sugred  sonnets  among  his  private  friends"  in  Palladis  Tamia 
of  1598.  Two  of  them  were  printed  in  The  Passionate  Pilgrim  in  1599, 
but  this  was  the  first  appearance  of  the  others. 

The  last  line  of  the  94th  Sonnet  reads  : 

"Lillies  that  fester  smell  far  worse  than  weeds." 

This  line  appears  in  the  first  edition  of  Edward  III,  1596,  which  has 
led  some  critics  to  think  that  Shakespeare  had  a  hand  in  that  play.  The 
sonnet  form  was  very  common  in  Elizabethan  times  and  Sidney's 
Astrophel  and  Stella,  1591;  Daniel's  Delia,  1592;  Constable's  Diana, 
1592;  Fletcher's  Licia,  1593;  Drayton's  Ideas  Mirror,  1594;  Spenser's 
Amoretti,  1595;  and  others,  show  that  it  was  the  fashionable  form  for 
poetry. 

At  the  end  of  the  Sonnets  is  a  poem  with  heading:  "A  Louers  Com- 
plaint./By/William  Shake-speare."/It  occupies  Ki  verso  to  L2  verso. 
Apparently  it  was  not  printed  elsewhere  during  Shakespeare's  lifetime 
and  the  authorship  is  uncertain. 


12  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

POEMS 

27.  Poems  .-/Written/by  Wil.  Shake-speare./Gent./[Heb 
Ddieu  device] /Printed  at  London  by  Tho.  Cotes,  and  are/to 
be  sold  by  lohn  Benson,  dwelling  in/St.  Dunstans  Church- 
yard./1640.  London,  1640. 

First  collected  edition ;  8vo ;  *4,  A-L8,  M4  =  96  leaves,  plus  the  por- 
trait by  William  Marshall. 

This  is  a  common  book,  as  more  than  fifty  copies  are  known,  but  very 
few  have  the  portrait  and  both  titles.  The  portrait  faces  the  title  and  is 
the  second  engraved  portrait  of  Shakespeare,  the  first  is  the  celebrated 
Droeshout  print  in  the  First  Folio,  1623. 

This  collection  of  poems  which  is  ascribed  to  Shakespeare  on  the 
title-page  is  really  a  reprint  of  The  Passionate  Pilgrim  of  1599  with 
some  additions.  It  contains  all  the  Sonnets  except  Nos.  18,  19,  43,  56, 
75'  ?6>  96,  and  126,  and  three  short  poems  by  Shakespeare.  It  does  not 
include  Venus,  Lucrece,  or  the  rest  of  his  short  poems.  There  are  also 
poems  by  Jonson,  Barnfield,  and  others. 


Quarto  Editions  of  Shakespeare* s  'Plays. 

Most  of  the  early  quarto  editions  of  Shakespeare's  plays 
have  been  reproduced  in  either  the  Ashbee-Halliwell  litho- 
graphic reproductions,  1862-1871;  or  in  the  Griggs-Furnivall 
photo-lithographic  facsimiles,  1880-1889.  We  give  a  com- 
plete list  of  both  sets. 

Ashbee-Halliwell  Set. 

Vol.  i.  General  title,  preface,  contents,  and  reproductions  of  three 
title-pages,  i.e.:  Richard  II,  1608;  Troilus,  1609;  Romeo  and 
Juliet,  n.d. 

Vol.     2.  Venus  and  Adonis,  1593 

Vol.     3.  Lucrece,  1594 

Vol.     4.  Venus  and  Adonis,  1594 

Vol.     5.  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1597 

Vol.     6.  Richard  II,  1597 

Vol.     7.  Richard  III,  1597 

Vol.     8.  Loves  Labors  Lost,  1598 

Vol.     9.  Richard  II,  1598 

Vol.   10.  Henry  IV,  1598 

Vol.   11.  Richard  III,  1598 

Vol.  12.  Henry  IV,  1599 

Vol.  13.  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1599 

Vol.   14.  Much  Adoe  about  Nothing,  1600 

Vol.   15.  Titus  Andronicus,  1600 

Vol.   16.  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Roberts,  1600  [1619] 

Vol.   17.  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Fisher,  1600 

Vol.  18.  Merchant  of  Venice,  Heyes,  1600 

Vol.  19.  Merchant  of  Venice,  Roberts,  1600  [1619] 

Vol.  20.  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  Sig.  E,  4  leaves,  1600 

Vol.  21.  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  Sig.  E,  6  leaves,  1600 

Vol.  22.  Henry  V,  1600 

Vol.  23.  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1602 

Vol.  24.  Henry  V,  1602 

Vol.  25.  Richard  III,  1602 

Vol.  26.  Hamlet,  1603 

Vol.  27.  Hamlet,  1604 

Vol.  28.  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1604 


14  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Vol.  29.  Hamlet,  1605 

Vol.  30.  Richard  III,  1605 

Vol.  31.  King  Lear,  Fide  Bull,  1608 

Vol.  32.  King  Lear,  Butter,  1608  [1619] 

Vol.  33.  Richard  II,  1608 

Vol.  34.  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1608 

Vol.  35.  Henry  V,  1608  [1619] 

Vol.  36.  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1609 

Vol.  37.  Troilus  and  Cressida,  1609 

Vol.  38.  Pericles,  1609 

Vol.  39.  Pericles,  1609 

Vol.  40.  Titus  Andronicus,  1611 

Vol.  41.  Pericles,  1611 

Vol.  42.  Hamlet,  1611 

Vol.  43.  Richard  III,  1612 

Vol.  44.  Henry  IV,  1613 

Vol.  45.  Richard  II,  1615 

Vol.  46.  Romeo  and  Juliet,  n.d. 

Vol.  47.  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1619 

Vol.  48.  Othello,  1622 


Griggs-Furnivall  Facsimiles. 

Some  of  these  were  reproduced  by  W.  Griggs  and  some  by  Charles 
Praetorius.  They  were  edited  by  different  Shakespeare  Scholars  under 
the  superintendence  of  Dr.  F.  J.  Furnivall. 

1.  Hamlet,  1603 

2.  Hamlet,  1604 

3.  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Fisher,  1600 

4.  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Roberts,  1600  [1619] 

5.  Loves  Labors  Lost,  1598 

6.  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1602 

7.  Merchant  of  Venice,  Roberts,  1600  [1619] 

8.  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1598 

9.  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  1600 

10.  Passionate  Pilgrim,  1599 

11.  Richard  III,  1597 

12.  Venus  and  Adonis,  1593 

13.  Troilus  and  Cressida,  1609 

14.  Much  Adoe  about  Nothing,  1600 

15.  Taming  of  a  Shrew,  1594  (Source  play) 

16.  Merchant  of  Venice,  Heyes,  1600 


Shakespeare's  Works.  15 

17.  Richard  II,  1597  (Duke  of  Devonshire's  copy) 

18.  Richard  II,  1597  (Mr.  Huth's  copy) 

19.  Richard  II,  1608 

20.  Richard  II,  1634 

21.  Pericles,  1609 

22.  Pericles,  1609 

23.  The  Whole  Contention,  1619,  Part  I  (for  2  Henry  VI) 

24.  The  Whole  Contention,  1619,  Part  II  (for  3  Henry  VI) 

25.  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1597 

26.  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1599 

27.  Henry  V,  1600 

28.  Henry  V,  1608  [1619] 

29.  Titus  Andronicus,  1600 

30.  Sonnets  and  Lover's  Complaint,  1609 

31.  Othello,  1622 

32.  Othello,  1630 

33.  King  Lear,  Pide  Bull,  1608 

34.  King  Lear,  Butter,  1608  [1619] 

35.  Rape  of  Lucrece,  1594 

36.  Romeo  and  Juliet,  n.d. 

37.  First  part  of  the  Contention,  1594  (Source  play) 

38.  True  Tragedy  of  Richard,  Duke  of  York,  1595  (Source  play) 

39.  Famous  Victories  of  Henry  V,  1598  (Source  play) 

40.  Troublesome  Raigne  of  John,  Part  I,  1591  (Source  play) 

41.  Troublesome  Raigne  of  John,  Part  II,  1591  (Source  play) 

42.  Richard  III,  1602 

43.  Richard  III,  1622 

TITUS  ANDRONICUS 

28.  The/Most  La-/mentable  Romaine/Tragedie  of  Titus 
Andronicus  :/As  it  was  Plaide  by  the  Right  Ho-/nourable  the 
Earle  of  Darbie,  Earle  of  Pembrooke/and  Earle  of  Sussex 
their  Seruants./[ Banter's  device]  /London, /Printed  by  lohn 
Danter,  and  are/to  be  sold  by  Edward  White  &  Thomas  Mil- 
lington,/at  the  little  North  doore  of  Paules  at  the/signe  of  the 
Gunne./i594./  London,  1594. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-K*  =  40  leaves. 
The  only  known  copy  belongs  to  Mr.  Folger. 

It  was  mentioned  by  Langbaine  in  his  English  Dramatic  Poets,  1691, 
but  all  trace  of  the  first  edition  was  lost  until  1905  when  a  copy  was 


16  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

found  in  Sweden.  It  had  been  acquired  by  Herr  Krafft  of  Lund, 
Sweden,  sometime  during  the  nineteenth  century  and  his  son  sold  it  to 
Mr.  Folger  in  January,  1905,  through  Sotheran  &  Co.  of  London. 

The  second  edition  appeared  in  1600  and  the  third  in  1611 ;  it  is  one 
of  the  plays  assigned  to  Shakespeare  by  Meres  in  his  Palladis  Tamia, 
1598. 

Critics  differ  as  to  whether  this  play  was  entirely  by  Shakespeare  or 
not;  it  was  probably  written  before  1593.  There  were  earlier  plays  on 
the  same  subject  which  are  not  now  in  existence.  It  belongs  to  the  same 
class  as  Kyd's  tragedies,  which  were  so  popular  at  that  time. 

29.  The  most  lamenta-/ble  Romaine  Tragedie  of  Titus/ 
Andronicus./As  it  hath  sundry  times  beene  playde  by  the/ 
Right  Honourable  the   Earle  of  Pembrooke,   the/Earle  of 
Darbie,  the  Earle  of  Sussex,   and  the/Lorde  Chamberlaine 
theyr/Seruants/[ ornament] /At  London, /Printed  by  I.  R[ob- 
erts]  for  Edward  White/and  are  to  bee  solde  at  his  shoppe,  at 
the  little/North  doore  of  Paules,  at  the  signe  of/the  Gun. 
1600.  London,  1600. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  Edin.  Univ.;  2,  Huntington  (Bridge- 
water  copy). 

30.  The/Most  Lamen-/table  Tragedie/of  Titus  Androni- 
cus./As it  hath  sundry/times  beene  plaide  by  the  Kings/ 
Maiesties   Seruants./ [device,    McK.    284]/London,/Printed 
for  Eedward  [sic\  White,  and  are  to  be  solde/at  his  shoppe, 
nere  the  little  North  dore  of  /Pauls,  at  the  signe  of  the  Gun. 
1611.  London,  1611. 

Third  edition ;  8vo  in  fours ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

Some  fifteen  copies  are  known. 

As  far  as  we  have  been  able  to  ascertain,  this  is  the  only  Shake- 
speare play  before  1700  which  was  issued  on  octavo  paper,  although 
arranged  in  quires  of  four  leaves. 

RICHARD  II 

31.  The/Tragedie  of  King  Ri-/chard  the  se-/cond./As  it 
hath  beene  publikely  acted/by  the  right  Honourable  the/ 


Shakespeare's  Works.  17 

Lorde  Chamberlaine  his  Ser-/uants./[Simmes'  device,  McK. 
142] /London /Printed  by  Valentine  Simmes  for  Andrew 
Wise,  and/are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Paules  church  yard  at/ 
the  signe  of  the  Angel. /i  597.  London,  1597. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-I*,  K2  =  38  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  T.C.C. ;  3,  Huntington. 

This  play  was  written  about  1595  and  was  first  printed  anonymously 
in  1597.  There  were  six  editions  issued  separately  before  1640  and  all 
of  them  are  here  described. 

The  chief  source  for  the  history  was  Holinshed's  Chronicle,  but 
Shakespeare  was  also  indebted  to  Marlowe's  Edward  II,  which  shows 
many  points  of  resemblance. 

It  is  possible  that  it  was  this  play  which  was  given  at  the  Globe 
Theatre  by  Shakespeare's  company  on  the  afternoon  before  the  rebel- 
lion of  Lord  Essex,  in  1601.  The  state  papers  of  the  time  say  that  some 
of  Essex's  followers  paid  the  actors  to  give  a  play  "of  the  deposing  of 
Richard  the  II,"  which  caused  some  of  the  actors  to  be  brought  before 
the  authorities  on  suspicion  of  treason,  but  they  were  not  imprisoned. 

This  was  one  of  the  plays  assigned  to  Shakespeare  by  Meres  in  his 
Palladis  Tamia,  1598. 

32.  The/Tragedie  of  King  Ri-/chard  the  second./As  it 
hath  beene  publikely  acted  by  the  Right  Ho-/nourable  the 
Lord  Chamberlaine  his/seruants./By  William  Shake-speare./ 
[Simmes'  device,  McK.  142] /London/Printed  by  Valentine 
Simmes  for  Andrew  Wise,  and/are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in 
Paules  churchyard  at/the  signe  of  the  Angel. /l^gS./ 

London,  1598. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-I*  =  36  leaves. 

Eight  copies  are  known. 

There  are  two  editions  of  1598  differing  slightly  but  reprinted 
throughout;  this  one,  having  no  commas  after  "Simmes"  and  "Church- 
yard" and  no  "e"  on  the  end  of  "sold,"  is  the  earlier. 

33.  The/Tragedie  of  King  Ri-/chard  the  second./As  it 
hath  beene  publikely  acted  by  the  Right  Ho-/nourable  the 
Lord  Chamberlaine  his/seruants./By  William  Shake-speare./ 
[Simmes'  device,  McK.  142] /London/Printed  by  Valentine 


i8     '  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Simmes,  for  Andrew  Wise,  and/are  to  be  solde  at  his  shop  in 
Paules  churchyard,  at/the  signe  of  the  Angel./ 1598. 

London,  1598. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-I*  =  36  leaves. 

Mr.  White  owns  the  only  known  copy  of  this  second  edition  of  1598. 
It  was  discovered  in  1913  in  his  library  and  is  an  entirely  different 
printing  from  the  other  edition  of  the  same  date. 

This  is  the  only  play  by  Shakespeare  of  which  two  editions  were 
published  in  the  same  year  during  his  lifetime. 

It  has  been  facsimiled  through  the  courtesy  of  the  owner,  with  an 
introduction  by  A.  W.  Pollard,  London,  1916. 

34.  The/Tragedie  of  King/Richard  the  second. /As  it  hath 
been  publikely   acted  by   the   Right/Honourable   the   Lord 
Chamberlaine/his  seruantes./By  William  Shake-speare./[W. 
White's  device,  McK.    i88b]/London,/Printed  by  W.  W. 
for  Mathew  Law,  and  are  to  be/sold  at  his  shop  in  Paules 
Church-yard,  at/ the  signe  of  the  Foxe./i6o8.    London,  1608. 

Fourth  edition,  earlier  title ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

Five  copies  of  the  earlier  title  exist:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  E.G.;  3,  Clawson; 
4,  Folger;  5,  Huntington.  Three  copies  are  known  without  title:  1, 
Crichton-Stuart ;  2,  Rosenbach ;  3,  White. 

The  two  issues  of  this  year  differ  only  in  title ;  when  that  is  lacking, 
the  issue  can  not  be  determined.  Apparently  the  book  was  issued  with 
the  title  in  shorter  form  and  then  it  was  discovered  that  the  Deposition 
scene,  which  appears  in  all  known  copies,  was  here  included  for  the 
first  time.  Thereupon  a  new  and  enlarged  title  was  issued  and  included 
in  such  copies  as  were  still  unsold. 

35.  The/Tragedie  of  King /Richard  the  Second: /With 
new  additions  of  the  Parlia-/ment  Sceane,  and  the  deposing/ 
of  King  Richard,/As  it  hath  been  lately  acted  by  the  Kinges/ 
Maiesties  seruantes,  at  the  Globe./By  William  Shake-speare./ 
[device] /At  London, /Printed  by  W.  W.  for  Mathew  Law, 
and  are  to/be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Paules  Church-yard, /at  the 
signe  of  the  Foxe,/i6o8.  London,  1608. 

Fourth  edition,  later  title. 

This  differs  from  the  preceding  only  in  the  title  and  the  only  known 
copy  is  in  the  Bodleian  Library. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  19 

36.  The/Tragedie  of  King/Richard  the  Se-/cond  :/With 
new  additions  of  the  Parliament  Sceane,/and  the  deposing  of 
King/Richard./As  it  hath  been  lately  acted  by  the  Kinges/ 
Maiesties  seruants,  at  the  Globe./By  William  Shake-speare./ 
[ornament] /At  London, /Printed  for  Mathew  Law,  and  are 
to  be  sold/at  his  shop  in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the/signe  of 
the  Foxe./i6i5.  London,  1615. 

Fifth  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
Fourteen  copies  known. 

37.  The/Life  and/Death  of  King/Richard  the/Second./ 
With  new  Additions  of  the/Parliament  Scene,  and  the/Depos- 
ing of  King  Richard. /As  it  hath  beene  acted  by  the  Kings 
Majesties/Servants,  at  the  Globe./By  William  Shakespeare./ 
[ornament] /London,/Printed  by  lohn  Norton./ 1634-/ 

London,  1634. 

Sixth  edition ;  4to ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 
Twenty  copies  known. 

RICHARD  III 

38.  [Ornament] /The    Tragedy    of /King    Richard    the 
third./Containing,/His  treacherous  Plots  against  his  brother 
Clarence :  /  the    pittiefull    murther    of    his    iunocent    \_sic] 
nephewes  :/his  tyrannicall  vsurpation :  with  the  whole  course/ 
of  his  detested  life,  and  most  deserued  death./As  it  hath  beene 
lately  Acted  by  the/Right  honourable  the  Lord  Chambe-/laine 
his  seruants./ [ornament] /At  London/ jfPrinted  by  Valentine 
Sims,  for  Andrew  Wise,/dwelling  in  Paules  Chuch-yard,  \_sic~\ 
at  the/Signe  of  the  AngelL/1597./  London,  1597. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-M4  =  48  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

Five  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  E.G.  (8  leaves  only)  ; 
4,  Folger;  5,  Huntington. 

Richard  HI  ran  through  eight  editions  by  1634  and  was  not  reprinted 
separately  after  that  during  the  seventeenth  century. 

It  is  founded  on  Holinshed's  Chronicle  and  Halle's  Union  of  Lan- 
caster and  York,  and  shows  some  points  in  common  with  the  earlier 
anonymous  play,  The  True  Tragedy  of  Richard  III.  Shakespeare's 


2O  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Richard  III  was  written  about  1593  and  first  published,  anonymously, 
in  1597  and  with  his  name  in  1598  and  thereafter. 

It  is  one  of  the  plays  assigned  to  Shakespeare  by  Meres  in  1598. 

39.  The/Tragedie/of  King  Richard/the  third./Conteining 
his  treacherous  Plots  against  his/brother  Clarence :  the  pitiful 
murther  of  his  innocent/Nephewes :  his  tyrannicall  vsurpa- 
tion:  with/the  whole  course  of  his  detested  life,  and  most/ 
deserued  death./As  it  hath  beene  lately  Acted  by  the  Right 
honourable/the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  seruants./By  William 
Shake-speare./[Creede's  device,  McK.  299] /London/Printed 
by  Thomas  Creede,   for  Andrew  Wise,/dwelling  in  Paules 
Church-yard,  at  the  signe/of  the  Angell.  1598. 

London,  1598. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  A-M4  =  48  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
Seven  copies  known. 

40.  The/Tragedie/of  King  Richard/the  third./Conteining 
his  treacherous  Plots  against  his  brother/Clarence:  the  pitti- 
full  murther  of  his   innocent  Ne-/phewes:   his  tyrannicall 
vsurpation:  with  the/ whole  course  of  his  detested  life,  and/ 
most  deserued  death./As  it  hath  bene  lately  Acted  by  the  Right 
Honourable/ the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  seruants./Newly  aug- 
mented,/By  William  Shakespeare. /[Creede's  device,   McK. 
299] /London/Printed  by  Thomas  Creede,  for  Andrew  Wise, 
dwelling/in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the  signe  of  the/ Angell. 
1602.  London,  1602. 

Third  edition ;  4to ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  T.C.C. ;  3,  Huntington. 

41.  The/Tragedie/of  King  Richard/the  third./Conteining 
his  treacherous  Plots  against  his  brother/Clarence:  the  pitti- 
full  murthur  of  his   innocent  Ne-/phewes:  his   tyrannicall 
vsurpation:  with  the/whole  course  of  his  detested  life,  and/ 
most  deserued  death./As  it  hath  bin  lately  Acted  by  the  Right 
Honourable/the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  seruants./Newly  aug- 


Shakespeare's  Works.  21 

mented,/By  William  Shake-speare./[Creede's  device,  McK. 
299] /London, /Printed  by  Thomas  Creede,  and  are  to  be  sold 
by  Mathew/Lawe,  dwelling  in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the 
Signe/of  the  Foxe,  neare  S.  Austins  gate,  1605. 

London,  1605. 

Fourth  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 

There  are  six  copies  known. 

42.  The/Tragedie/of  King  Richard/ the  third./Containing 
his  treacherous  Plots  against  his  brother/Clarence:  the  pitti- 
full  murther  of  his  innocent  Ne-/phewes:  his  tyrannicall 
vsurpation;  with  the/ whole  course  of  his  detested  life,  and/ 
most  deserued  death./As  it  hath  beene  lately  Acted  by  the 
Kings   Maiesties/seruants./Newly   augmented,/By   William 
Shake-speare./[Creede's  device,  McK.  299]/London,/Printed 
by  Thomas  Creede,  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Mathew/Lawe, 
dwelling  in  Pauls  Church-yard,  at  the  Signe/of  the  Foxe, 
neare  S.  Austins  gate,  1612.  London,  1612. 

Fifth  edition ;  4to ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 
Ten  copies  known. 

43.  The/Tragedie/of  King  Richard/The  Third./Contayn- 
ing  his  treacherous  Plots  against/his  brother  Clarence:  The 
pittifull  murder  of  his  innocent/Nephewes :  his  tyrannicall 
Vsurpation:  with  the  whole/course  of  his  detested  life,  and 
most/deserued  death./As  it  hath  been  lately  Acted  by  the 
Kings  Maiesties/Seruants./Newly  augmented./By  William 
Shake-speare./ [ornament] /London,/Printed  by  Thomas  Pur- 
foot,  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Mathew  Law,  dwelling/in  Pauls 
Church-yard,  at  the  Signe  of  the  Foxe,  neere/S.  Austines  gate. 
1622.  London,  1622. 

Sixth  edition ;  4to ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 
Six  copies  known. 

44.  The/Tragedie/of /King  Richard/the  Third./Contayn- 
ing  his  trecherous  Plots,  against/his  brother  Clarence:  The 


22  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

pittifull  murther  of  his  ino-/cent  Nepthewes:  his  tiranous 
vsurpation:  with  the  whole/course  of  his  detested  life,  and 
most/deserued  death./As  it  hath  beene  lately  Acted  by  the 
Kings  Maiesties/Sernauts  \_sic~\. /Newly  agmented  [Jttj/By 
William  Shake-speare.  /  [ornament]  /  London.  /  Printed  by 
lohn  Norton,  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Mathew  Law,/dwelling  in 
Pauls  Church-yeard,  at  the  Signe  of  the/Foxe,  neere  St. 
Austines  gate,/ 1629.  London,  1629. 

Seventh  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 
Fourteen  copies  known. 

45.  The/Tragedie/of/King  Richard/the  Third./Contayn- 
ing  his  treacherous  Plots,  a-/gainst  his  brother  Clarence :  The 
pitifull/murder  of  his  innocent  Nephewes :  his/tyranous  vsur- 
pation: with  the/ whole  course  of  his  detested  life, /and  most 
deserued  death./As  it  hath  beene  Acted  by  the  Kings/Maiesties 
Seruants./VVritten  by  William  Shake-speare./ [ornament]/ 
London,/Printed  by  lohn  Norton.  1634.  London,  1634. 

Eighth  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 
Nineteen  copies  known. 

ROMEO  AND  JULIET 

46.  An /Excellent /conceited    Tragedie/ of /Romeo    and 
luliet./As  it  hath  been  often  (with  great  applause) /plaid  pub- 
liquely,  by  the  right  Ho-/nourable  the  L.  of  Hunsdon/his 
Seruants./[Danter's  device,  McK.  28i]/London,/Printed  by 
lohn  Dan ter./ 1597.  London,  1597. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

Five  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  T.C.C.;  4,  Folger;  5, 
Huntington. 

This  is  the  earliest  tragedy  written  entirely  by  Shakespeare  and  was 
probably  completed  about  1594.  The  story  is  first  told  in  Luigi  Da 
Porto's  Rime  et  Pros  a,  1535,  and  it  was  used  by  Bandello ;  but  it  is  to 
Arthur  Brooke's  Romeus  and  Juliet,  1562,  that  Shakespeare  is  indebted 
for  his  plot  and  for  many  details  of  his  play.  He  also  consulted 
Painter's  Palace  of  Pleasure,  1567. 


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Meres  assigns  this  play  to  Shakespeare  in  his  Palladis  Tamia,  1598, 
and  Weever  in  1595  speaks  of  Romeo  as  one  of  Shakespeare's  char- 
acters. 

It  was  first  printed,  anonymously,  in  1597,  in  a  pirated  edition  with 
a  very  defective  text;  it  was  undoubtedly  stolen  from  the  managers  of 
the  Globe  Theatre,  who  were  the  owners,  instead  of  being  purchased  in 
the  regular  way.  In  1599  a  good  text  was  issued  which  has  all  the 
marks  of  authenticity  and  was  followed  in  all  later  quarto  editions.  The 
play  was  republished  in  1609,  1637,  and  once  without  date. 

47.  The/Most  Ex-/cellent  and  lamentable/Tragedie,   of 
Romeo/and     luliet./Newly     corrected,     augmented,     and/ 
amended  :/As  it  hath  bene  sundry  times  publiquely  acted,  by 
the/right  Honourable  the  Lord  Chamberlaine/his  Seruants./ 
[Creede's  device,   McK.  299] /London/Printed  by  Thomas 
Creede,  for  Cuthbert  Burby,  and  are  to/be  sold  at  his  shop 
neare  the  Exchange./ 1599.  London,  1599. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 
This  is  the  first  edition  of  the  good  text. 
Twelve  copies  are  known. 

48.  The/Most  Ex-/cellent  and/Lamentable  Tragedie,  of/ 
Romeo  and  Juliet./As  it  hath  beene  sundrie  times  publiquely 
Acted,/by  the  Kings  Maiesties  Seruants/at  the  Globe./Newly 
corrected,   augmented,    and/amended:/ [ornament] /London/ 
Printed  for  lohn  Smethwick,  and  are  to  be  sold/at  his  Shop  in 
Saint    Dunstanes    Church-yard, /in    Fleetestreete    vnder    the 
Dyall./i6o9.  London,  1609. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 
Six  copies  are  known. 

49.  The   Most/Excellent/And   Lamentable   Tragedie,/of 
Romeo  and/Iuliet./As  it  hath  beene  sundrie  times  publikely 
Acted,/by  the  Kings  Maiesties  Seruants/at  the  Globe./Newly 
Corrected,  augmented,  and  amended. /[Smethwicke's  device, 
McK.  376]/London,/Printed  for  lohn  Smethwicke,  and  are 
to  bee  sold  at  his  Shop  in/Saint  Dunstanes  Church-yard,  in 
Fleetestreete/ vnder  the  Dyall./  London,  n.d. 


24  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Fourth  edition,  earlier  title ;  4to ;  A-L4  =  44  leaves. 

Copies  of  this  edition  differ  in  title  only,  one  form  has  the  name  in- 
serted, the  other  is  anonymous.  It  is  probable  that  the  anonymous  one 
is  earlier. 

There  are  three  known  copies  of  the  anonymous  title:  i,  B.M. ;  2, 
Edin.  Univ.;  3,  Huntington. 

50.  The   Most/Excellent/And   Lamentable   Tragedie,/of 
Romeo  and/Iuliet./As  it  hath  beene  sundrie  times  publikely 
Acted, /by   the   Kings   Maiesties   Seruants/at   the   Globe./ 
Written  by  W.  Shake-speare/Newly  Corrected,  augmented, 
and  amended./ [Smethwicke's  device,  McK.  376] /London,/ 
Printed  for  lohn  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  bee  sold  at  his  Shop 
in/Saint  Dunstanes  Church-yard,  in  Fleetestreete/vnder  the 
Dyall./  London,  n.d. 

Fourth  edition,  later  title. 

This  differs  from  the  preceding  only  in  the  title. 

Eight  copies  are  known  in  this  state. 

51.  The    Most/Excellent/And    Lamentable    Tragedie/of 
Romeo  and/Juliet./As  it  hath  been  sundry  times  publikely 
Acted/by  the  Kings  Majesties  Servants/at  the  Globe./ Written 
by    W.    Shake-speare./Newly    corrected,    augmented,     and 
amended. /[Smethwicke's  device,  McK. 376] /London,  Printed 
by  R.  Young  for  John  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be  sold  at/his 
Shop  in  St.  Dunstans  Church-yard  in  Fleetstreet,/under  the 
Dyall.  i637./  London,  1637. 

Fifth  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4  =  44  leaves. 
Twenty-seven  copies  are  known. 

LOVES  LABORS  LOST 

52.  A/Pleasant/Conceited  Comedie/Called,/Loues  labors 
lost./As  it  was  presented  before  her  Highnes/this  last  Christ- 
mas./Newly  corrected  and  augmented/by  W.   Shakespere/ 
[ornament] /Imprinted  at  London  by  W.  W[hite]/for  Cut- 
bert  Burby./i598./  London,  1598. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-I4,  K2  =  38  leaves. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  25 

Eleven  copies  are  known. 

This  is  considered  to  be  Shakespeare's  first  complete  play  and  was 
probably  written  about  1591  although  not  published  until  1598.  The 
title  of  the  first  edition  says  that  it  was  "Newly  corrected  and  aug- 
mented by  W.  Shakespere,"  which  seems  to  indicate  that  there  was 
an  earlier  edition  which  is  now  lost. 

No  source  for  the  plot  is  known,  but  it  is  full  of  contemporary  allu- 
sions, chiefly  to  French  affairs,  which  made  it  popular  at  the  time  but 
are  not  now  so  interesting.  It  was  reprinted  in  1631.  It  is  mentioned  by 
Meres  in  Palladis  Tamia,  1598. 

53.  Loues  Labours  lost./A  Wittie  and/Pleasant/Come- 
die,/As  it  was  Acted  by  his  Maiesties  Seruants  at/the  Blacke- 
Friers  and  the  Globe./Written/By  William  Shakespeare./ 
[Smethwicke's  device] /London, /Printed  by  W.  S[tansby]  for 
lohn  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be/sold  at  his  Shop  in  Saint 
Dunstones  Church-/yard  vnder  the  Diall./i63i. 

London,  1631. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  A-P,  K2  =  38  leaves. 
Twenty-three  copies  are  known. 

HENRY  IV,  PART  I 

54.  Undescribed  edition ;  known  only  from  a  fragment  con- 
sisting of  C,  4  leaves,  now  in  the  Folger  collection. 

Contains  a  note  by  J.  O.  Halliwell :  "There  can  be  little  doubt  but 
that  they  [these  four  leaves]  are  a  portion  of  the  first  and  hitherto 
unknown  edition  of  the  First  Part  of  Henry  4th,  published  by  Wise 
early  in  the  year  1598  .  .  .  These  leaves  were  found  at  Bristol  some 
years  ago  in  the  binding  of  Thomas'  Rules  of  the  Italian  Grammar. 
Quarto,  1567.  J.  O.  Halliwell,  May  25th  1867."  As  we  have  not  been 
able  to  see  this  fragment,  we  are  obliged  to  quote  Halliwell's  note 
without  further  comment. 

Shakespeare  founded  this  play  on  the  Chronicles  of  Holinshed  and 
on  The  Famous  Victories  of  Henry  the  Fifth,  an  anonymous  play  first 
printed  in  1^94  but  popular  on  the  Elizabethan  stage  for  some  years 
before  that  date. 

Shakespeare's  play  was  issued  in  1598,  anonymously,  and  was  re- 
printed eight  times  before  1709. 

Meres  mentions  Henry  the  IF  in  his  Palladis  Tamia,  1598,  among 
the  list  of  plays  by  Shakespeare  and  it  is  probable  that  he  refers  to 


26  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

both  parts  of  the  play.  Henry  IV \  Part  I,  was  written  about  1596-97 
and  Henry  IV,  Part  //,  in  1598. 

55.  The/History  of/Henrie  the/fourth  ;/With  the  battell 
at  Shrewsburie,/betweene  the  King  and  Lord/Henry  Percy, 
surnamed/Henrie  Hotspur  of/ the  North. /With  the  humorous 
conceits  of  Sir/Iohn  Falstalffe./ [Short's  device,  McK.  278]  / 
At  London,/Printed  by  P.S[hort]  for  Andrew  Wise,  dwelling/ 
in  Paules  Churchyard,  at  the  signe  of /the  Angell.  1598. 

London,  1598. 

First  described  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  T.C.C. ;  3,  Huntington. 

56.  The/History  of/Henrie   the/Fourth  ;/With  the  bat- 
tell  at  Shrewsburie,/betweene  the  King  and  Lord  Henry/ 
Percy,  surnamed  Henry  Hot-/spur  of  the  North./With  the 
humorous  conceits  of  Sir/Iohn  Falstalffe./Newly  corrected  by 
W.   Shake-speare./[ Stafford's  device,   McK.   281] /At  Lon- 
don,/Printed  by  S. Stafford]  for  Andrew  Wise,  dwelling/in 
Paules  Church-yard,  at  the  signe  of /the  Angell.  1599-/ 

London,  1599. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 
Ten  copies  known. 

57.  The/History  of/Henrie  the  fourth,/With  the  battell 
at  Shrewsburie,/betweene  the  King,  and  Lord/Henry  Percy, 
surnamed  Henry  Hot-/spur  of  the  North./With  the  humorous 
conceits   of    Sir/Iohn    Falstaffe./ Newly   corrected    by   W. 
Shake- /speare./ [ornament] /London /Printed  by  Valentine 
Simmes,  for  Mathew  Law,  and/are  to  be  solde  at  his  shop  in 
Paules  Churchyard,/at  the  signe  of  the  Fox./ 1604. 

London,  1604. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known,  all  imperfect  and  all  in  Great  Britain : 
1,  Bodl. ;  2,  T.C.C. ;  3,  Crichton-Stuart. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  27 

58.  The/History  of /Henry  the  fourth, /With  the  battell  at 
Shrewseburie,/betweene  the  King,   and  Lord/Henry  Percy, 
surnamed  Henry/Hotspur  of  the  North./With  the  humorous 
conceites   of   Sir/Iohn   Falstalffe./Newly   corrected   by   W. 
Shake-speare.  /  [ornament]  /  London,  /  Printed    for    Mathew 
Law,  and  are  to  be  sold  at/his  shop  in  Paules  Church-yard, 
neere  vnto  S./Augustines  gate,  at  the  signe  of /the  Foxe.  1608. 

London,  1608. 

Fourth  edition ;  410 ;  A-K*  =  40  leaves. 
Eight  copies  are  known. 

59.  The/History  of/Henrie  the  fourth,/With  the  Battell 
at  Shrewseburie,  betweene/the  King,  and  Lord  Henrie  Percy, 
sur-/named  Henrie  Hotspur  of  the  North./With  the  humor- 
ous   conceites    of    Sir/Iohn    Falstaffe. /Newly    corrected    by 
W.  Shake-speare./ [White's  device,   McK.    i88b] /London,/ 
Printed  by  W.  W[hitej  for  Mathew  Law,  and  are  to  be  sold/ 
at  his  shop  in  Paules  Church-yard,  neere  vnto  S./Augustines 
Gate,  at  the  signe  of  the  Foxe./ 16 13.  London,  1613. 

Fifth  edition;  410;  A-K*  =  40  leaves. 
Ten  copies  known. 

60.  The/Historie/of /Henry  the  Fourth./With  the  Battell 
at  Shrewseburie,  betweene/the  King,  and  Lord  Henry  Percy, 
surnamed/Henry  Hotspur  of  the  North./With  the  humorous 
conceits  of  Sir/Iohn  Falstaffe./Newly  corrected./By  William 
Shake-speare./ [ornament]  /London,/flPrinted  by  T.Pturfoot] 
and  are  to  be  sold  by  Mathew  Law,  dwelling/in  Pauls  Church- 
yard, at  the  Signe  of  the  Foxe,  neere/S.  Austines  gate,  1622. 

London,  1622. 

Sixth  edition ;  4to ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 
Twelve  copies  known. 

61.  The/Historie/of /Henry  the  Fourth  :/VVith  the  bat- 
tell  at  Shrewesbury,  be-/tweene  the  King,  and  Lord  Henry 


28  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Percy,/surnamed  Henry  Hotspur  of /the  North./With  the  hu- 
morous conceits  of  Sir/Iohn  Falstaffe./Newly  corrected, /By 
William  Shake-speare./London,/Printed  by  lohn  Norton,  and 
are  to  bee  sold  by/William  Sheares,  at  his  shop  at  the  great 
South  doore/of  Saint  Pauls-Church;  and  in  Chancery  Lane,/ 
neere  Serieants-Inne.  1632.  London,  1632. 

Seventh  edition ;  4to ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

This  is  a  line  for  line  reprint  of  the  1622  edition.  Eleven  copies  are 
known. 

62.  The/Historie/of /Henry  the  Fourth  :/With  the  Bat- 
tell   at/Shrewsbury,   betweene   the   King,/and   Lord   Henry 
Percy,  surnamed/Henry  Hotspur  of  the/North./VVith  the 
humorous  conceits  of  Sir/Iohn  Falstaffe./Newly  corrected,/ 
By  William  Shake-speare./London,/Printed  by  John  Norton, 
and  are  to  be  sold  by/Hugh  Perry,  at  his  shop  next  to  Ivie- 
bridge/in  the  Strand,  1639.  London,  1639. 

Eighth  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

A  line  for  line  reprint  of  the  1632  edition.  Twenty  copies  are  known. 

63.  K.  Henry  IV./With  the/Humours/of  Sir  John  Fal- 
staff./A/Tragi-Comedy./As  it  is  Acted  at  the /Theatre  in 
Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields/by/His  Majesty's  Servants. /Re- 
vived, with  Alterations./Written  Originally  by  Mr.  Shake- 
spear./London,/Printed  for  R.W.  and  Sold  by  John  Deeve  at 
Bernards-Inn-Gate  /  in    Holborn,    1700.    [Advertisement,    5 
lines]  London,  1700. 

Ninth  edition ;  4to ;  Title,  i  leaf ;  B-G4,  H3  =  28  leaves. 
This  edition  was  abridged  by  Thomas  Betterton,  the  great  Shake- 
spearian actor,  but  has  no  added  material. 

HENRY  IV,  PART  II 

64.  The /Second  part  of  Henrie/the  fourth,  continuing 
to  his  death/and  coronation  of  Henrie/the  fift./With  the 
humours  of  sir  lohn  Fal-/staffe,   and  swaggering/Pistoll./ 


Shakespeare's  Works.  29 

As  it  hath  been  sundrie  times  publikely/acted  by  the  right 
honourable,  the  Lord/Chamberlaine  his  seruants./Written 
by  William  Shakespeare./  [ornament]  /London /Printed  by 
V.S[immes]  for  Andrew  Wise,  and/ William  Aspley./i6oo. 

London,  1600. 

First  edition,  with  Sheet  E,  four  leaves;  4*0;  A-K*,  L2  =  42  leaves, 
the  last  blank. 

Ten  copies  are  known. 

This  is  a  continuation  of  Part  I  and  has  the  same  sources.  The  only 
separate  edition  appeared  in  1600  and  is  found  in  two  states.  After  the 
book  was  issued  it  was  found  that  the  first  scene  of  Act  III  had  been 
omitted,  so  the  last  two  leaves  of  Signature  E  were  cancelled  and  re- 
printed, and  two  extra  leaves  printed  to  include  the  omitted  matter. 
Some  copies  have,  therefore,  four  leaves  in  Signature  E  while  others 
have  six. 

65.  Another  issue.  With  Sheet  E,  six  leaves. 
Nine  copies  are  known. 

HENRY  V 

66.  The/Cronicle/History  of  Henry  the   fift,/With  his 
battell  fought  at  Agin  Court  in/France.  Togither  with  Aun- 
tient/Pistoll./As  it  hath  bene  sundry  times  playd  by  the  Right 
honorable/the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  seruants./[Creede's  de- 
vice,  McK.   299] /London/Printed  by  Thomas  Creede,   for 
Tho.  Milling-/ton,  and  lohn  Busby.  And  are  to  be/sold  at  his 
house  in  Carter  Lane,  next/ the  Powle  head.  1600. 

London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

Six  copies  are  known. 

This  play  was  written  in  1599  and  is  the  last  of  Shakespeare's  Eng- 
lish History  plays  except  his  portions  of  Henry  VIII  which  were 
written  at  the  close  of  his  dramatic  career  in  collaboration  with  John 
Fletcher.  Henry  V  is  based  on  Holinshed's  Chronicles  and  has  some 
points  in  common  with  the  early  anonymous  play  The  Famous  Victories 
of  Henry  the  Fifth,  1594.  In  the  Prologue  to  Act  V  is  found  the  famous 
reference  to  the  Earl  of  Essex,  which  is  one  of  the  few  allusions  Shake- 
speare made  to  his  contemporaries : 


30  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

"Were  now  the  general  of  our  gracious  Empress, 
As  in  good  time  he  may,  from  Ireland  coming, 
Bringing  rebellion  broached  on  his  sword, 
How  many  would  the  peaceful  city  quit, 
To  welcome  him !" 

The  first  edition  of  Shakespeare's  Henry  V  appeared  in  1600  and  it 
was  reprinted  twice  before  the  Folio  of  1623.  All  three  quarto  editions 
were  printed  from  a  corrupt  and  shortened  text,  while  the  Folio  gives  a 
longer  and  very  much  better  version ;  this  is  one  of  the  five  plays  which 
were  undoubtedly  stolen  from  the  Globe  managers  by  the  publishers. 

67.  The/Chronicle/History  of  Henry  the  fift,/With  his 
battell  fought  at  Agin  Court/in  France.  Together  with  Aun- 
tient/Pistoll./As  it  hath  bene  sundry  times  playd  by  the  Right 
honorable/the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  seruants./[Creede's  de- 
vice, McK.   299] /London/Printed  by  Thomas  Creede,   for 
Thomas/Pauier,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Cornhill,/at 
the  signe  of  the  Cat  and  Parrets  neare/the  Exchange.  1602. 

London,  1602. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4,  G2  =  26  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  T.C.C. ;  2,  Huntington;  3,  Soth. 
June,  1921  (now  untraced). 

68.  The/Chronicle  History/of  Henry  the  fift,  with  his/ 
battell  fought  at  Agin  Court  in/France.  Together  with  an-/ 
cient  Pistoll./As  it  hath  bene  sundry  times  playd  by  the  Right 
Honou-/rable  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his/Seruants./ [Heb 
Ddieu  device,  McK.  283] /Printed  for  T.  P[avier]  1608. 

London,  1608  [1619]. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-G*  =  28  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
Thirty-seven  copies  are  known. 

This  is  one  of  the  falsely  dated  quartos  which  were  really  issued  in 
1619.  See  No.  118. 

MERCHANT  OF  VENICE 

69.  The   most   excellent /Historic    of    the    Merchant /of 
Venice./VVith  the  extreame  crueltie  of  Shylocke  the  lewe/ 


Shakespeare' s  Works .  3 1 

towards  the  sayd  Merchant,  in  cutting  a  iust  pound/of  his 
flesh:  and  the  obtayning  of  Portia/by  the  choyse  of  three/ 
chests./As  it  hath  beene  diuers  times  acted  by  the  Lord/Cham- 
berlaine  his  Semants./Written  by  William  Shakespeare./ [or- 
nament]/At  London,/Printed  by  I.  R[obertS]  for  Thomas 
Heyes,/and  are  to  be  sold  in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the/signe 
of  the  Greene  Dragon./ 1600.  London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  4*0 ;  A-P,  K2  =  38  leaves. 

Seventeen  copies  are  known.  It  was  reprinted  in  1619  [falsely  dated 
1600]  and  in  1637  (reissued  in  1652  with  a  new  title  only). 

This  play  was  written  about  1595-6  and  is  probably  founded  on  an 
earlier  play  now  lost.  The  earlier  play  is  referred  to  in  Gosson's  Schoole 
of  Abuse,  1579,  where  he  speaks  of  "The  Jew — showne  at  the  Bull 
[Theatre] — representing  the  greediness  of  worldly  chusers,  and  bloody 
mindes  of  Usurers."  There  are  several  other  allusions  to  the  usurious 
Jew  and  to  the  Caskets  in  early  English  literature.  The  story  of  the 
Three  Caskets  is  found  in  the  Decameron  and  in  the  Gesta  Romanorum. 

Meres  gives  this  in  the  list  of  plays  by  Shakespeare,  in  his  Palladis 
Tamia,  1598. 

70.  The/Excellent/History  of  the  Mer-/chant  of  Venice./ 
With  the  extreme  cruelty  of  Shylocke/the  lew  towards  the 
saide  Merchant,  in  cut-/ting  a  iust  pound  of  his  flesh.  And  the 
obtaining/of  Portia,  by  the  choyse  of/ three  Caskets./Written 
by  W.  Shakespeare./ [Heb  Ddieu  device,  McK.  283] /Printed 
by  J.  Roberts,  1600.  London,  1600  [1619]. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 
Twenty-six  copies  are  known. 

This  is  one  of  the  falsely  dated  quartos  which  were  really  issued  in 
1619.  See  No.  118. 

7 1 .  The  most  excellent/Historic  of  the  Merchant/of  Ven- 
ice./VVith  the  extreame  crueltie  of  Shylocke/the  lewe  towards 
the  said  Merchant,  in/cutting  a  just  pound  of  his  flesh:  and 
the  ob-/taining  of  Portia  by  the  choice/of  three  Chests./As  it 
hath  beene  divers  times  acted  by  the/Lord  Chamberlaine  his 
Servants. /Written  by  William  Shakespeare. /  [ornament]  / 


32  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

London,/Printed  by  M.  Pearsons'?]  for  Laurence  Hayes,  and 
are  to  be  sold/at  his  Shop  on  Fleetbridge.  1637. 

London,  1637. 

Third  edition,  earlier  title ;  4to ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves. 

Twenty-two  copies  are  known. 

The  unsold  sheets  of  this  edition  were  reissued  in  1652  with  the 
title  cancelled  and  a  new  title  added ;  there  are  no  other  differences.  See 
next  entry. 

72.  The  most  excellent/Historie/of  the/Merchant  of  Ven- 
ice :/With  the  extreame  cruelty  of  Shylocke/the  Jew  towards 
the  said  Merchant,  in  cutting  a/just  pound  of  his  flesh:  and 
the  obtaining/of  Portia  by  the  choyce  of  three  Chests./As  it 
hath  been  diverse  times  acted  by  the/Lord  Chamberlaine  his 
Servants. /Written  by  William  Shakespeare. /  [ornament]  / 
London :  Printed  for  William  Leake,  and  are  to  be  solde  at  his 
shop  at  the/signe  of  the  Crown  in  Fleetstreet,  between  the 
two/Temple  Gates.  1652.  London,  1652. 

Third  edition,  later  title ;  410. 

A  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM 

73.  [Ornament]/ A/ Midsommer    nights/dreame./As   it 
hath  beene  sundry  times  pub-/lickely  acted,  by  the  Right  hon- 
oura-/ble,  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his/seruants. /Written  by 
William  Shakespeare. /[Fisher's  device,   McK.  321] /^Im- 
printed at  London,  for  Thomas  Fisher,  and  are  to/be  soulde  at 
his  shoppe,  at  the  Signe  of  the  White  Hart,/in  Fleetestreete. 
1600.  London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 

Eight  copies  are  known. 

This  play  was  reprinted  in  1619  though  wrongly  dated  1600. 

There  are  several  different  sources  for  its  various  plots;  Chaucer's 
Knight's  Tale  and  Plutarch  were  both  used  in  the  Theseus-Hippolyta 
story,  while  Ovid  gave  some  points.  Popular  English  mythology  was 
largely  responsible  for  Puck,  and  Oberon  is  derived  from  the  Charle- 
magne romance  of  Huon  of  Bordeaux. 

It  was  written  about  1 594-95  and  is  mentioned  by  Meres  in  his  list  of 
Shakespeare's  plays  in  Palladis  Tamia,  1598. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  33 

74.  [Ornament]  /  A /  Midsommer    nights  /  dreame ./  As    it 
hath  beene  sundry  times  pub-/likely  acted  by  the  Right  Hon- 
oura-/ble,  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his/seruants./Written  by 
William  Shakespeare./ [device,  McK.  136] /Printed  by  lames 
Roberts,  1600.  London,  1600  [1619]. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 
Twenty-seven  copies  are  known. 

This  is  one  of  the  falsely  dated  quartos  which  were  really  issued  in 
1619.  See  No.  118. 

MUCH  ADOE  ABOUT  NOTHING 

75.  [Ornament] /Much  adoe  about/Nothing./As  it  hath 
been  sundrie  times  publikely/acted  by  the  right  honourable, 
the  Lord/Chamberlaine  his  seruants./Written  by  William 
Shakespeare./ [ornament] /London /Printed  by  V.  S[immes] 
for  Andrew  Wise,  and/William  Aspley./i6oo. 

London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A- 14  =  36  leaves. 

Sixteen  copies  are  known. 

This  play  was  written  in  1599  and  first  printed  in  1600.  It  was  not 
reprinted  until  it  appeared  in  the  First  Folio  in  1623.  The  plot  of  Hero 
and  Claudio  was  taken  from  Belleforest's  translation  of  Bandello's 
22nd  Novella;  the  story  also  appears  in  Ariosto's  Orlando  Furioso, 
which  was  translated  into  English  by  Sir  John  Harington  in  1591  and 
used  by  Spenser  in  Book  II,  Canto  IV,  of  the  Fairy  Queen.  However, 
the  characters  of  Beatrice  and  Benedict,  Dogberry  and  Verges,  are 
original  with  Shakespeare.  In  both  the  first  quarto  and  folio  editions  of 
this  play  the  names  of  Will  Kemp  and  Richard  Cowley,  actors,  are 
prefixed  to  Dogberry's  and  Verges'  speeches  in  Act  IV,  Scene  2,  showing 
that  these  editions  were  printed  from  a  prompt  copy  of  the  play.  This 
play  was  twice  acted  at  Court  during  the  wedding  festivities  of  the 
Princess  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  James  I,  in  1610-11. 

MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR 

76.  A/Most  pleasaunt  and/excellent  conceited  Co-/medie, 
of  Syr  lohn  Falstaffe,  and  the/merrie  Wiues  of  Windsor./En- 
termixed  with  sundrie/variable  and  pleasing  humors,  of  Syr 
Hugh/the    Welch    Knight,    Justice    Shallow,    and   his/wise 


34  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Cousin  M.  Slender./With  the  swaggering  vaine  of  Auncient/ 
Pistoll,  and  Corporall  Nym./By  William  Shakespeare./As  it 
hath  bene  diuers  times  Acted  by  the  right  Honorable/my  Lord 
Chamberlaines  seruants.  Both  before  her/Maiestie,  and  else- 
where. /  [ornament]  /  London  /  Printed  by  T.  Qreede]  for 
Arthur  lohnson,  and  are  to  be  sold  at/his  shop  in  Powles 
Church-yard,  at  the  signe  of  the/Flower  de  Leuse  and  the 
Crowne./i6o2.  London,  1602. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves,  the  first  blank  except  for  sig- 
nature-mark. 

Five  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  T.C.C. ;  4,  Folger;  5, 
Huntington. 

This  play,  which  is  closely  allied  to  Henry  IV,  was  probably  written 
in  1598  or  1599  but  did  not  appear  in  print  until  1602,  when  a  badly 
garbled  version  was  issued.  This  imperfect  version,  probably  stolen 
from  the  theatre  or  taken  down  in  shorthand,  was  reissued  in  1619,  but 
the  editors  of  the  First  Folio  in  1623  procured  a  far  better  text  and 
their  version,  with  a  few  additions  from  the  first  quarto,  is  accepted 
today. 

Although  the  idea  of  marital  deceits  and  jealousies  was  a  favorite 
one  with  the  Italian  writers  and  there  were  many  versions  of  tales 
founded  on  this  subject  in  English  at  the  period,  Merry  Wives  is 
chiefly  the  creation  of  Shakespeare's  own  brain.  Nicholas  Rowe  says 
that  it  was  written  at  Queen  Elizabeth's  command  for  a  royal  per- 
formance at  Windsor.  She  was  so  pleased  with  Falstaff  in  Henry  IV 
that  she  ordered  Shakespeare  to  write  a  play  and  introduce  him  in  the 
character  of  a  lover.  Tradition  says  that  he  wrote  the  play  in  fourteen 
days. 

77.  A/Most  pleasant  and  ex-/cellent  conceited  Comedy,/ 
of  Sir  lohn  Falstaffe,  and  the/merry  Wiues  of  Windsor./ 
With  the  swaggering  vaine  of  An-/cient  Pistoll,  and  Cor- 
porall Nym./Written  by  W.  Shakespeare./ [Heb  Ddieu  de- 
vice, McK.  283] /Printed  for  Arthur  Johnson,  1619. 

London,  1619. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves. 

Thirty-four  copies  are  known. 

This  is  one  of  the  Pavier  quartos.  See  No.  118. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  35 

78.  The/Merry  Wives/of  Windsor./With  the  humours  of 
Sir  lohn  Falstaffe,/As  also  the  swaggering  vaine  of  Ancient/ 
Pistoll,   and  Corporall   Nym./ Written  by  William  Shake- 
Speare./Newly  corrected./ [ornament] /London  i/Printed  by 
T.  H[arper]  for  R.  Meighen,  and  are  to  be  sold/at  his  Shop, 
next  to  the  Middle-Temple  Gate,  and  in/S.  Dunstans  Church- 
yard in  Fleet-street,/ 1 630.  London,  1 630. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
Ten  copies  are  known. 

HAMLET 

79.  The /Tragical  Historic  of /Hamlet /Prince  of  Den- 
marke/By  William  Shake-speare./As  it  hath  beene  diuerse 
times  acted  by  his  Highnesse  ser-/uants  in  the  Cittie  of  Lon- 
don :  as  also  in  the  two  V-/niuersities  of  Cambridge  and  Ox- 
ford, and  elsewhere./ [Ling's  device,  McK.  301] /At  London 
printed  for  N.L[ing]  and  lohn  Trundell./i6o3./ 

London,  1603. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A2,  B-P  =  34  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M.  (lacking  title)  ;  2,  Huntington 
(lacking  14). 

The  story  of  Hamlet  is  an  old  one  and  was  mentioned  by  the  Danish 
chronicler,  Saxo  Grammaticus,  in  the  thirteenth  century.  It  was  included 
in  Belief orest's  Histoires  Tragiques,  1570,  a  book  which  was  familiar  to 
Shakespeare;  but  it  was  also  the  subject  of  an  early  play,  perhaps  by 
Thomas  Kyd,  which  is  mentioned  in  contemporary  literature  and  was 
undoubtedly  used  by  Shakespeare  as  the  basis  of  his  tragedy.  There  are 
two  forms  of  Shakespeare's  play  extant  today,  one  of  which  was  printed 
in  corrupt  form  in  1603,  from  a  text  either  stolen  or  copied  by  short- 
hand at  the  theatre ;  and  the  other,  which  appeared  in  a  licensed  edition 
in  1604.  Some  critics  hold  that  the  1603  version  was  not  by  Shakespeare, 
but  it  is  now  generally  considered  that  it  is  an  earlier  form  of  the  play 
in  which  some  fragments  of  the  non-Shakespearian  tragedy  remain,  but 
which  is  essentially  Shakespeare's  own.  This  earlier  version  is  about 
half  the  length  of  the  later  text,  the  character  of  the  Queen  is  quite 
different;  Polonius  and  Reynaldo  are  called  Corambis  and  Montano; 
and  it  is  a  much  less  finished  production  than  the  other.  In  1604,  a  more 
or  less  authentic  version  of  the  revised  form  of  the  play  was  issued  and 
it  is  this  form  which  was  reprinted  in  the  various  quarto  editions  of  the 


36  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

play,  nine  of  which  appeared  before  1709.  The  Folio  editors  supplied 
some  new  lines  and  corrections,  but  their  text  does  not  differ  materially 
from  that  of  the  quarto  of  1604. 

80.  The/Tragicall   Historic  of/Hamlet,/Prince  of  Den- 
marke./By  William  Shakespeare./Newly  imprinted  and  en- 
larged to  almost  as  much/againe  as  it  was,  according  to  the 
true  and  perfect/Coppie./[ Ling's  device,  McK.  301] /At  Lon- 
don,/Printed  by  I.R[obertS]  for  N.L[ing]  and  are  to  be  sold  at 
his/shoppe  vnder  Saint  Dunstons  Church  in/Fleetstreet.  1604. 

London,  1604. 

Second  edition,  earlier  title;  4to;  Title  1  leaf,  B-N4,  O2  =  5i  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  of  the  first  title  of  the  first  edition  of  the  revised 
text  of  Hamlet  are  known.  They  are  all  in  America.  1,  E.G.;  2,  Folger; 
3,  Huntington. 

The  unused  sheets  of  this  edition  were  issued  in  1605  with  no 
changes  except  the  date  on  the  bottom  of  the  title-page.  Two  copies 
with  this  second  title  survive,  both  in  England.  1,  B.M. ;  2,  T.C.C. 

81.  The/Tragedy/of /Hamlet/Prince  of  Denmarke./By/ 
William  Shakespeare./Newly  imprinted  and  enlarged  to  al- 
most as  much/againe  as  it  was,  according  to  the  true/and  per- 
fect Coppy./[Smethwicke's  device,  McK.  376] /At  London,/ 
Printed  for  lohn  Smethwicke  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shoppe/ 
in  Saint  Dunstons  Church  yeard  in  Fleetstreet./Vnder  the 
Diall.  1611.  London,  1611. 

Third  edition;  4to;  Title  1  leaf,  B-N4,  O2  =  5i  leaves. 
Twenty  copies  are  known. 

82.  The /Tragedy /of /Hamlet /Prince    of    Denmarke./ 
Newly  Imprinted  and  inlarged,  according  to  the  true/and  per- 
fect Copy  lastly  Printed./By/William  Shakespeare./ [Smeth- 
wicke's    device,    McK.    376]  /  London,  /  Printed    by    W. 
Sctansby1?]  for  lohn  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his/ 
Shop  in  Saint  Dunstans  Church-yard  in  Fleetstreet  :/Vnder  the 
Diall.  London,  n.d. 

Fourth  edition ;  4to ;  A-N4  =  52  leaves,  the  last  blank. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  37 

Sixteen  copies  are  known. 

This  was  issued  some  time  between  1611  and  1637;  probably  about 
1630. 

83.  The/Tragedy/of  Hamlet/Prince  of/Denmark./Newly 
imprinted  and  inlarged,  according  to  the  true/amd  [sic~\  per- 
fect Copy  last  Printed./By  William  Shakespeare./  [Smeth- 
wicke's  device,  McK.  376]/London,/Printed  by  R.  Young  for 
John  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his/Shop  in  Saint 
Dunstans  Church-yard,  in  Fleet-street, /under  the  Diall.  1637. 

London,  1637. 

Fifth  edition ;  4to ;  A-N*  =  52  leaves. 
Twenty-five  copies  are  known. 

84.  The/Tragedy/of/Hamlet/Prince  of  Denmark./As  it 
is  now  Acted  at  his  Highness  the/Duke  of  York's  Theatre./ 
By/ William  Shakespeare./ [ornament] /London  I/Printed  by 
Andr.  Clark,  for  J.  Martyn,  and  H.  Herringman,/at  the  Bell 
in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard,  and  at  the  Blue/ Anchor  in  the 
lower  Walk  of  the  New  Exchange,  1676.  London,  1676. 

Sixth  or  seventh  edition ;  four  lines  of  imprint ;  4to ;  2  leaves  without 
signature-marks,  B-M4  =  46  leaves. 

The  two  editions  of  this  date  are  reset  throughout,  but  with  many  of 
the  same  mistakes ;  we  have  not  been  able  to  determine  which  is  the 
earlier.  They  can  be  distinguished  at  once  by  the  title-pages ;  this  edition 
has  four  lines  of  imprint  while  the  other  has  five. 

85.  The/Tragedy/of/Hamlet/Prince  of  Denmark./As  it 
is  now  Acted  at  his  Highness  the/Duke  of  York's  Theatre./ 
By/William  Shakespeare./ [ornament] /London  i/Printed  by 
Andr.  Clark,  for  J.  Martyn,  and  H.  Herring-/man,  at  the  Bell 
in  St.  Paul's  Church- Yard,  and/at  the  Blue  Anchor  in  the 
lower  Walk  of /the  New  Exchange,  1676.         London,  1676. 

Seventh  or  sixth  edition ;  five  lines  of  imprint ;  4to ;  2  leaves  without 
signature-marks,  B-M4  =  46  leaves. 

86.  The/Tragedy/of/Hamlet/Prince  of  Denmark./As  it 
is  now  Acted  at  his  Highness  the/Duke  of  York's  Theatre./By 


38  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

William  Shakespeare./London  r/Printed  for  H.  Heringman 
and  R.  Bentley,  at  the  Blew  Anchor  in/the  New  Exchange, 
and  in  Russell-street  in  Covent  Garden.  1683.  London,  1683. 

Eighth  edition;  410;  2  leaves  without  signature-marks,  B-M4  =  46 
leaves. 

87.  The/Tragedy/of /Hamlet/Prince  of  Denmark./As  it 
is  now  Acted  at  the  Theatre  Royal, /by  their  Majesties  Ser- 
vants. /  By  /  William     Shakespeare.  /  [ornament]  /  London :  / 
Printed  for  H.  Herringman,  and  R.  Bentley;  and  sold/by  R. 
Bentley,  J.  Tonson,  T.  Bennet,  and  F.  Sanders./MDCXCV. 

London,  1695. 

Ninth  edition,  first  or  second  issue;  four  lines  of  imprint;  4to;  2 
leaves  without  signature-marks,  B-L4,  M1  =  43  leaves. 

There  are  two  issues  of  this  year  differing  in  the  title-pages,  one  has 
four  lines  of  imprint,  the  other  has  only  three.  There  are  a  number  of 
differences  in  the  text  but  apparently  these  were  corrections  in  the  press ; 
we  have  not  been  able  to  determine  which  title-page  is  the  earlier.  The 
text  has  not  been  reprinted  throughout  and  the  collation  is  the  same. 

88.  The/Tragedy/of/Hamlet/Prince  of  Denmark./As  it 
is  now  Acted  at  the  Theatre  Royal,/by  their  Majesties  Ser- 
vants. /  By    William    Shakespeare.  /  [ornament]  / London :  / 
Printed  for  R.  Bentley,  in  Russel-street  in  Covent-Garden./ 
MDCXCV.  London,  1695. 

Ninth  edition,  first  or  second  issue ;  three  lines  of  imprint. 

89.  The/Tragedy/of /Hamlet/Prince  of  Denmark./As  it 
is  now  Acted  by  Her  Majesties/Servants./By  William  Shake- 
speare./London./Printed  for  Rich.  Wellington,  at  the  Dol- 
phin and  Crown  in  Pauls  Church-/Yard,  and  E.  Rumball  in 
Covent-Garden.  1703.  [6  lines  of  advertisements  of  books.] 

London,  1703. 

Tenth  or  eleventh  edition?  with  "Barnardo"  on  Bi ;  410;  2  leaves 
without  signature-marks,  B-L4,  M2  =  44  leaves. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  39 

90.  Hamlet,  1703. 

Eleventh  or  tenth  edition?  with  "Bernardo"  on  Bi.  Same  collation  as 
preceding  entry. 

The  "Bornardo"  type  is  very  rare. 

These  two  editions  can  not  be  distinguished  by  the  title,  which  is  the 
same.  Apparently  the  sheets  were  entirely  reprinted  and  some  leaves 
show  variations  corrected  in  the  press.  We  can  not  determine  which  is 
earlier. 

KING  LEAR 

91.  M.  William  Shak-speare  :/His/True  Chronicle  Historic 
of  the  life  and/death  of  King  Lear  and  his  three/Daughters./ 
With  the  vnfortunate  life  of  Edgar,  sonne/and  heire  to  the 
Earle  of  Gloster,  and  his/sullen  and  assumed  humor  of /Tom 
of  Bedlam  :/As  it  was  played  before  the  Kings  Maiestie  at 
Whitehall  vpon/S.  Stephans  night  in  Christmas  Hollidayes./ 
By  his  Maiesties  seruants  playing  vsually  at  the  Gloabe/on 
the  Bancke-side./[Okes'  device,  McK.  3i6]/London,/Printed 
for  Nathaniel  Butter,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Pauls/ 
Church-yard  at  the  signe  of  the  Pide  Bull  neere/St.  Austins 
Gate.  1608.  London,  1608. 

First  edition;  4to;  Title  1  leaf,  B-L4  =  4i  leaves. 

Twelve  copies  are  known. 

King  Lear  was  first  printed  in  1608;  again  in  1619  with  the  false 
date  1608;  and  a  third  time  in  1655. 

This  play  was  written  during  1606  and  performed  at  Court  on 
December  26th  of  that  year.  It  is  founded  on  the  well-known  story  of 
Lear  which  appears  in  Holinshed's  Chronicle  and  earlier  histories  and 
poems.  Shakespeare,  however,  had  here  an  earlier  play,  The  True 
Chronicle  History  of  King  Leir  and  his  Three  Daughters,  on  which  to 
base  his  plot.  This  early  drama  was  acted  in  1594  though  not  printed 
until  1605.  The  story  is  mentioned  in  Warner's  Albion's  England; 
Higgins'  part  of  Mirror  for  Magistrates;  and  Spenser's  Fairy  Queen. 
Shakespeare  is  entirely  responsible  for  the  Fool  and  for  the  by-plot  of 
Gloucester  and  his  two  sons,  which  he  took  from  a  passage  in  Sidney's 
Arcadia. 

92.  M.  William  Shake-speare, /His/True  Chronicle  His- 
tory of  the  life/and  death  of  King  Lear,  and  his/three  Daugh- 
ters./With  the  vnfortunate  life  of  Edgar,/sonne  and  heire  to 


4O  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

the  Earle  of  Glocester,  and/his  sullen  and  assumed  humour  of 
Tom/of  Bedlam./As  it  was  plaid  before  the  Kings  Maiesty  at 
White-Hall,  vp-/pon  S.  Stephens  night,  in  Christmas  Holli- 
daies./By  his  Maiesties  Seruants,  playing  vsually  at  the/ 
Globe  on  the  Banck-side./[Heb  Ddieu  device,  McK.  283] / 
Printed  for  Nathaniel  Butter./ i6o8./  London,  1608  [1619]. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  A-L4  =  44  leaves. 
Thirty-one  copies  are  known. 

This  is  one  of  the  falsely  dated  quartos  which  were  really  issued  in 
1619.  See  No.  118. 

93.  M.  William  Shake-speare,/His/True  Chronicle  His- 
tory of  the  life/and  death  of  King  Lear,  and  his/ three  Daugh- 
ters./With  the  Vnfortunat  life  of  Edgar,/sonne  and  heire  to 
the  Earle  of  Glocester,  and/his  sullen  assumed  humour  of 
Tom/of  Bedlam./As  it  was  plaid  before  the  Kings  Maiesty  at 
Whit-Hall,  vp-/on  S.  Stephens  night,  in  Christmas  Hollldaies 
\_sic~\  ./By  his  Maiesties  Servants  playing  vsually  at  the/Globe 
on  the  Bank-side./ [ornament] /London. /Printed  by  Jane 
Bell,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  the  East-end/of  Christ-Church. 
1655.  London,  1655. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4  =  44  leaves. 

TROILUS  AND  CRESSIDA 

94.  The/Historic   of   Troylus/and   Cresseida./As   it   was 
acted  by  the  Kings  Maiesties/seruants  at  the  Globe./Written 
by  William  Shake-speare. /  [ornament]  /London /Imprinted 
by  G.  Eld  for  R.  Bonian  and  H.  Walley,  and/are  to  be  sold 
at  the  spred  Eagle  in  Paules/Church-yeard,  ouer  against  the/ 
great  North  doore./ 1609.  London,  1609. 

First  edition,  first  issue ;  4to ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

Four  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M.;  2,  E.G.;  3,  Holford  (entirely 
uncut)  ;  4,  Huntington. 

The  play  was  first  printed  in  1609  with  two  title-pages,  the  first 
stating  that  it  had  been  acted  at  the  Globe  and  the  second  omitting  this 
statement  and  with  a  preface  which  says  distinctly  that  it  was  never 
acted.  We  describe  both  states  of  the  title. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  41 

This  play,  which  was  written  about  1603,  is  founded  on  medieval 
sources  rather  than  on  Homer,  though  Shakespeare  may  have  consulted 
Golding's  or  Hall's  translation  of  parts  of  the  Iliad.  The  tale  was 
familiar  to  Englishmen  through  Chaucer's  Troilus;  Caxton's  Recuyell 
of  the  History es  of  Troy;  and  Henryson's  Testament  of  Creseide. 

95.  The/Famous  Historic  of/Troylus  and  Cresseid./Excel- 
lently  expressing  the  beginning/of  their  loues,  with  the  con- 
ceited wooing/of  Pandarus  Prince  of  Licia./Written  by  Wil- 
liam Shakespeare. /[ornament] /London/Imprinted  by  G.  Eld 
for  R.  Bonian  and  H.  Walley,  and/are  to  be  sold  at  the  spred 
Eagle  in  Paules/Church-yeard,  ouer  against  the/great  North 
doore./ 1609.7  London,  1609. 

First  edition,  second  issue ;  4to ;  fl2,  A2-A4,  B-L4  =  45  leaves. 
With  the  first  title,  Ai,  cancelled  and  the  new  title  and  Prologue, 
fli  &  1[2,  inserted. 

Eleven  copies  are  known. 

PERICLES 

96.  The  Late,/And  much  admired  Play,/Called/Pericles, 
Prince/of  Tyre./With  the  true  Relation  of  the  whole  His- 
torie,/aduentures,  and  fortunes  of  the  said  Prince  :/As  also,/ 
The  no  lesse  strange,  and  worthy  accidents,/in  the  Birth  and 
Life,  of  his  Daughter/Mariana./As  it  hath  been  diuers  and 
sundry  times  acted  by/his  Maiesties  Seruants,  at  the  Globe 
on/the  Banck-side./By  William  Shakespeare./ [ornament]/ 
Imprinted  at  London  for  Henry  Gosson,  and  are/to  be  sold  at 
the  signe  of  the  Sunne  in/Pater-noster  row,  &c./i6o9-/ 

London,  1609. 

First  edition;  4to;  A-I4  =  36  leaves,  the  last  blank.  With  "Enter 
Gower"  in  line  3  of  the  recto  of  A2. 

Nine  copies  are  listed  in  Sir  Sidney  Lee's  facsimile  reproduction. 

There  are  two  editions  of  1609,  with  title  apparently  the  same;  they 
are  generally  known  as  the  "Enter  Gower"  and  "Eneer  Gower"  editions, 
from  the  spelling  of  the  word  in  the  third  line  of  A2  recto.  It  is  im- 
possible to  decide  definitely  which  was  issued  first,  but  "Enter  Gower" 
is  generally  considered  the  earlier  and  they  are  so  arranged  here. 

It  subsequently  appeared  in  1611,  1619,  1630  (two  issues),  and  1635. 


42  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

It  was  rejected  by  the  editors  of  the  First  Folio  but  included  in  the 
second  issue  of  the  Third  Folio,  1664,  with  six  other  plays  which  are 
now  considered  spurious.  Various  editors  have  differed  as  to  its  genuine- 
ness, but  it  is  now  generally  considered  to  be  in  part  by  Shakespeare  and 
is  included  with  the  thirty-six  plays  of  the  First  Folio,  as  his  work. 

The  story  is  an  old  Greek  one  which  enjoyed  great  popularity 
throughout  Europe  during  the  Middle  Ages  although  the  name  of  the 
hero  was  Apollonius,  not  Pericles.  John  Gower  gives  the  story  in  his 
De  Confessione  Amantis  and  Lawrence  Twine  translated  it  into  English 
in  1576.  It  is  probable  that  the  original  author  of  Pericles  knew  both 
these  sources  and  that  Shakespeare  merely  touched  up  portions  of  the 
drama  and  did  not  outline  the  plot. 

97.  With  title-page  as  above  but  with  text  entirely  reset 
and  with  "Eneer  Gower"  in  line  3  on  recto  A2. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

98.  The  Late,/And  much  admired  Play,/Called/Pericles, 
Prince/of  Tyre./ With  the  true  Relation  of  the  whole  His- 
tory,/aduentures,  and  fortunes  of  the  sayd  Prince  :/As  also,/ 
The  no  lesse  strange,  and  worthy  accidents,/in  the  Birth  and 
Life,  of  his  Daughter/Mariana./As  it  hath  beene  diuers  and 
sundry  times  acted  by/his  Maiestyes  Seruants,  at  the  Globe 
on/ the  Banck-side./By  William  Shakespeare./ [ornament]/ 
Printed  at  London  by  S.S[tafford]/i6i  i ./  London,  1611. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M.  (Halliwell  copy);  2,  Folger 
(Jonas- Perry  copy). 

99.  The  Late,/And  much  admired  Play,/called,/Pericles,/ 
Prince  of/Tyre./With  the  true  Relation  of  the  whole  Hi-/ 
story,  aduentures,  and  fortunes  of /the  saide  Prince./Written 
by  W.  Shakespeare./ [Heb  Ddieu  device,  McK.  283] /Printed 
for  T.  Ptavier]  i6i9./  London,  1619. 

Fourth  edition;  410;  i  leaf,  R-Z4,  Aa4,  Bb2  =  35  leaves,  the  last 
blank. 

Some  twenty  copies  are  known. 

This  edition  appeared  as  the  last  part  of  a  volume  containing  the 


Shakespeare's  Works.  43 

first  and  second  parts  of  The  Whole  Contention  between  the  two 
famous  houses  Lancester  and  York.  These  two  plays  fill  A-Q4  and 
Pericles  is  sometimes  found  alone  and  sometimes  with  the  other  plays. 
It  was  one  of  the  Pavier  quartos.  See  No.  1 18. 

100.  The   Late, /And   much   admired   Play,/Called/Peri- 
cles,/Prince  of/Tyre./With  the  true  Relation  of  the  whole 
Hi-/story,   aduentures,   and   fortunes/of  the  sayd  Prince:/ 
Written  by  Will.   Shakespeare:/ [device,   McK.   269] /Lon- 
don,/Printed  by  I.  N[orton]  for  R.  B[ird]/i63o./ 

London,  1630. 

Fifth  edition ;  410 ;  A-H4,  I2  =  34  leaves. 
Some  seven  copies  are  known. 

101.  Another  issue,  with  imprint:   "London, /Printed  by 
I.  N[ortonj  for  R.B[ird]  and  are  to  be  sould/at  his  shop  in 
Cheapside,  at  the  signe  of  the/Bible.  i63o."/    London,  1630. 

At  least  nine  copies  are  known. 

Although  the  imprints  differ  the  text  is  the  same  throughout. 

102.  The  Late,/And  much  admired  Play,/Called/Pericles, 
Prince  of/Tyre./With  the  true  Relation  of  the  whole  Hi-/ 
story,  adventures,  and  fortunes  of /the  said  Prince./Written 
by  W.  Shakespeare./ [Heb  Ddieu  device,  McK.  283] /Printed 
at  London  by  Thomas  Cotes,  1&35./  London,  1635. 

Sixth  edition ;  4to ;  A-H4,  I2  =  34  leaves. 
At  least  fifteen  copies  are  known. 


103.  The/Tragcedy  of  Othello, /The  Moore  of  Venice./As 
it  hath  beene  diuerse  times  acted  at  the/Globe,  and  at  the 
Black-Friers,  by/his  Maiesties  Seruants./ Written  by  William 
Shakespeare. /  [Okes'  device,  McK.  3 16] /London, /Printed 
by  N.O[kes]  for  Thomas  Walkley,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his/ 
shop,  at  the  Eagle  and  Child,  in  Brittans  Bursse./i622. 

London,  1622. 


44  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

First  edition;  410;  A2,  B-M4,  N2  =  48  leaves. 

Fifteen  copies  are  known. 

The  play  was  not  printed  during  Shakespeare's  lifetime  although 
acted  many  times;  the  first  edition  appeared  in  1622  and  it  was  re- 
printed six  times  before  1709. 

Othello  was  written  late  in  1603  or  early  in  1604  and  was  first  acted 
before  James  I  in  the  old  banqueting  hall  of  Whitehall,  on  November 
1,  1604.  It  is  founded  on  one  of  the  tales  in  Giraldi's  Hecatommithi, 
which  was  first  printed  in  Italian  but  of  which  a  French  translation 
existed  in  Shakespeare's  time,  though  no  English  version  of  that  date  is 
known. 

104.  The/Tragoedy  of  Othello, /The  Moore  of  Venice./As 
it  hath  beene  diuerse  times  acted  at  the/Globe,  and  at  the 
Black-Friers,  by/his  Maiesties  Seruants./Written  by  Wil- 
liam   Shakespeare. /[White's    device]  /London,/Printed    by 
A.  Mtathewes]  for  Richard  Hawkins,  and  are  to  be  sold  at/ 
his  shoppe  in  Chancery-Lane,  neere  Sergeants-Inne./i63o. 

London,  1630. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-M4  =  48  leaves. 
Twenty-four  copies  are  known. 

105.  The/Tragoedy  of  Othello, /The  Moore  of  Venice/As 
it  hath  beene  divers  times  Acted  at  the/Globe,  and  at  the 
Black-Friers,  by/his  Majesties  Servants./Written  by  William 
Shakespeare.  /  The     fourth     Edition.  /  [ornament]  /  London, 
Printed  for  William  Leak  at  the  Crown  in  Fleet-/street,  be- 
tween the  two  Temple  Gates,  1655.  London,  1655. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-M4  =  48  leaves. 

106.  Othello,/The/Moor    of    Venice./A/Tragedy,/As    it 
hath  been  divers  times  acted  at  the  Globe,/and  at  the  Black- 
Friers  :/And  now  at  the/Theater  Royal,/By/His  Majesties 
Servants./Written   by   William   Shakespear. /  [ornament]  / 
London, /Printed  for  W.  Weak,  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Richard 
Bent-/ley  and  M.  Magnes  in  Russel  Street  near  Covent-/Gar- 
den,  1681.  London,  1681. 

Fourth  edition ;  410 ;  A2,  B-K4,  L2  =  40  leaves. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  45 

107.  Othello, /The /Moor  of  Venice. /A/Tragedy. /As  it 
hath  been  divers  times  Acted  at  the/Globe,  and  at  the  Black- 
Friers  :/And  now  at  the/Theatre  Royal,/by/His  Majesties 
Servants./Written  by  William  Shakespear./London,/Printed 
for  Richard  Bentley  and  S.  Magnes  in  Russel-Street  near/ 
Covent-Garden,  1687.  London,  1687. 

Fifth  edition ;  4to ;  [A]2,  B-K4,  L2  =  40  leaves. 

108.  Othello, /The /Moor  of  Venice. /A/Tragedy. /As  it 
hath  been  divers  times  Acted  at  the/Globe,  and  at  the  Black- 
Friers  :/and  now  at  the/Theatre  Royal, /by /His  Majesties 
Servants./Written  by  William  Shakespear./London, /Printed 
for  Richard  Bentley,  in  Russel-Street  near/Covent-Garden, 
1695.  London,  1695. 

Sixth  edition ;  410 ;  [A]2,  B-K4,  L2  =  40  leaves. 

109.  Othello, /The /Moor  of  Venice. /A/Tragedy. /As  it 
hath  been  divers  times  Acted  at  the/Globe,  and  at  the  Black- 
Friers  :/And  now  at  the/Theatre  Royal, /By/Her  Majesties 
Servants./Written  by  W.  Shakespear./London  :/Printed  for 
R.  Wellington,  at  the  Dolphin  and  Crown,  at  the  West-End/ 
of  St.  Paul's  Church- Yard.  i7O5-/[9  lines  of  advertisements.] 

London,  1705. 
Seventh  edition;  410;  [A]2,  B-K4,  L2  =  4O  leaves. 

THE  TAMING  OF  THE  SHREW 

no.  A  Wittie/and  Pleasant/Comedie/Called/The  Tam- 
ing of  the  Shrew./As  it  was  acted  by  his  Maiesties/Seruants  at 
the  Blacke  Friers/and  the  Globe./ Written  by  Will.  Shake- 
speare./[Smethwicke's  device] /London. /Printed  by  W. 
S[heares]  for  lohn  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be/sold  at  his 
Shop  in  Saint  Dunstones  Church-/yard  vnder  the  Diall./i63i. 

London,  1631. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves. 

Twenty-three  copies  are  known. 


46  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

This  is  the  only  separate  edition  printed  before  1709  and  the  best 
text,  therefore,  is  that  in  the  First  Folio,  1623. 

This  play  is  founded  on  an  earlier  one,  The  Taming  of  a  Shrew.  The 
Introduction  appears  there  and  the  scenes  between  Katherine  and  Pe- 
truchio  are  closely  followed  by  Shakespeare,  who  introduced  some 
allusions  to  localities  in  Warwickshire  in  the  Introduction. 

MACBETH 

111.  Macbeth :  /  A  /  Tragedy.  /  Acted  /  At    the  /  Dukes- 
Theatre./  [ornament] /London, /Printed   for   William   Cade- 
man  at  the  Popes-/Head  in  the  New  Exchange,  in  the/Strand. 
1673.  London,  1673. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  [A]2,  B-I4,  K2  =  36  leaves. 

Macbeth  first  appeared  in  the  First  Folio,  1623,  and  was  only  printed 
separately  once,  in  1673.  In  1674  appeared  the  first  edition  of  Sir 
William  Davenant's  adaptation,  which  was  very  popular  and  for  a 
long  time  superseded  the  genuine  play. 

This  play,  written  in  1605  or  1606,  was  undoubtedly  composed  to 
compliment  James  I,  who  was  proving  a  kind  friend  to  the  players,  but 
there  is  little  of  court  flattery  or  adulation  in  the  grim  tragedy.  The 
main  facts  of  the  story  are  found  in  Holinshed's  Chronicle  of  Scottish 
History  and  Shakespeare  has  introduced  flattering  allusions  to  James 
in  the  praise  of  his  reputed  ancestor,  Banquo,  and  the  prophecy  of  the 
long  line  of  Banquo's  descendants  where  the  witches  announce  "and 
some  I  see  that  two-fold  balls  and  treble  sceptres  carry" ;  this  refers  to 
the  two  islands  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  and  the  three  kingdoms, 
England,  Ireland  and  Scotland,  which  were  first  united  under  James. 
The  interest  attached  to  witchcraft  is  a  compliment  to  the  King's  known 
belief  in  that  subject. 

JULIUS  CAESAR 

112.  Julius  Caesar./A/Tragedy./As  it  is  Now  Acted,/At 
The /Theatre  Royal. /Written /By  William  Shakespeare./ 
[ornament] /London,/Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun.  for  Hen.  Her- 
ingman  and  R.  Bentley  in/Russel-street  in  Covent-Garden, 
and  sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and/Francis  Saunders  at  the  Blew 
Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the/New  Exchange  in  the 
Strand.  1684.  London,  1684. 

First  edition;  410;  Title  i  leaf,  B-H4,  I2  =  31  leaves. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  47 

This  was  the  first  play  by  Shakespeare  founded  on  Sir  Thomas 
North's  translation  of  Plutarch's  Lives,  which  appeared  in  1579  and 
was  reprinted  in  1595.  Shakespeare  used  portions  of  the  lives  of  Caesar, 
Antony  and  Brutus  and  followed  Plutarch  very  closely.  John  Weever, 
in  his  Mirror  of  Martyrs,  1601,  refers  to  Brutus'  speech  over  the  body 
of  Caesar  and  it  is  supposed  that  Shakespeare's  play  was  written  in 
1599  or  1600. 

It  first  appeared  in  the  First  Folio,  1623,  and  was  not  printed 
separately  until  1684  when  it  appeared  in  quarto  form  and  was  fol- 
lowed by  four  undated  editions  before  the  dated  edition  of  1691.  The 
reason  for  six  editions  in  seven  years  must  be  sought  hi  the  great 
popularity  which  the  play  had  on  account  of  the  excellent  acting  of 
Thomas  Betterton  and  in  the  general  interest  in  the  great  tragedies 
which  brought  out  six  editions  of  Hamlet  and  four  of  Othello  between 
1676  and  1709. 

113.  Julius  Caesar./A/Tragedy./As  it  is  Now  Acted/ At 
The/Theatre  Royal. /Written  By/William  Shakespeare./ [or- 
nament] /London,/Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun.  for  Hen  Herring- 
man  and  R.  Bentley  in/Russel-street,  in  Covent  Garden,  and 
sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and/Francis  Saunders  at  the  Blew 
Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the/New-Exchange  in  the 
Strand.  London,  n.d. 

Second  edition;  410;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 

114.  Julius  Caesar./A/Tragedy./As  it  is  now  Acted/At 
The /Theatre  Royal. /Written  By /William  Shakespeare./ 
[ornament]  /London./Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun.  for  Hen.  Her- 
ringman,  and  R.  Bentley  in/Russel-street  in  Covent-Garden, 
and  sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and/Francis  Saunders  at  the  Blew- 
Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the/Nuw-Exchange  in  the 
Strand.  London,  n.d. 

Third  edition ;  4to ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 

115.  Julius  Caesar  :/A/Tragedy./As  it  is  now  Acted/At 
The/Theatre  Royal. /Written  By/William  Shakespeare. /[or- 
nament]/London,/Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun.  for  Hen.  Herring- 
man,  and  R.  Bentley  in/Russel-street  in  Covent-Garden,  and 


48  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and/Francis  Saunders  at  the  Blew- 

Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the/New-Exchange  in  the 

Strand.  London,  n.d. 

Fourth  edition;  410;  A-H4  =  32  leaves.  Page  15  is  wrongly  numbered 


116.  Julius  Caesar  :/A/Tragedy,  /As  it  is  now  Acted/  At 
The/Theatre-Royal.  /Written  By/  William  Shakespeare./  [or- 
nament] /London  :/Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun'  for  Hen.  Herring- 
man  and  R.  Bentley  in/Russel  street  in  Covent-garden,  and 
sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and/Francis  Saunders,  at  the  Blue 
Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  /the  New-Exchange  in  the 
Strand.  London,  n.d. 

Fifth  edition  ;  4*0  ;  A-G4,  H2  =  30  leaves.  Page  3,  line  3,  has  "Enter 
Murellus." 

117.  Julius  Caesar./A/Tragedy./As  it  is  now  Acted/  At 
The/Theatre  Royal.  /Written  by/William  Shakespeare./  [or- 
nament] /  London,  /  Printed    for    Henry    Herringman,    and 
Richard  Bentley/at  the  Post-House,  in  Russel-street,  Covent-/ 
Garden,  1691.  London,  1691. 

Sixth  edition  ;  410  ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 

QUARTOS  ISSUED  BY  WILLIAM  JAGGARD  IN  1619 

118.  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Printed  by  Roberts, 

1600 

The  Merchant  of  Venice,  Printed  by  Roberts,  1600 
Sir  John  Oldcastle,  Printed  for  T.P.,  1600 
Henry  V,  Printed  for  T.P.,  1608 
King  Lear,  Printed  for  Butter,  1608 

The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  Printed  for  Johnson,  1619 
Pericles,  Printed  for  T.P.,  1619 
The  Yorkshire  Tragedy,  Printed  for  T.P.,  1619. 
The  Whole  Contention,  Printed  for  T.P.,  n.d. 
These  nine  quartos,  some  of  which  are  by  Shakespeare  entirely,  some 


Shakespeare's  Works.  49 

partially  and  some  not  at  all,  were  all  issued  from  the  press  of  William 
Jaggard  for  Thomas  Pavier  in  1619.  Five  have  false  dates  on  the  title 
and  four  have  the  name  of  the  publisher  wrong.  This  entire  question 
has  been  discussed  at  length  by  A.  W.  Pollard  in  his  Shakespeare's 
Folios  and  Quartos,  and  his  conclusions  are  now  generally  accepted.* 
For  full  titles,  see  Nos.  68,  70,  74,  77,  92,  99,  144,  150,  251. 

*  Shakespeare  Folios  and  Quartos :  a  study  in  the  bibliography  of  Shake- 
speare's plays,  1594-1685.  By  Alfred  W.  Pollard.  London,  Methuen  and  Co., 
1909. 


Folio  Sditions  of  Shakespeare*  s  "Plays. 


119.  Mr.  William/Shakespeares/Comedies,/Histories,  &/ 
Tragedies./Published  according  to  the  True  Originall  Copies./ 
[portrait  by  Droeshout] /London/Printed  by  Isaac  laggard, 
and  Ed.  Blount.  1623.7  London,  1623 

First  edition ;  folio ;  9  preliminary  leaves,  B-Z6,  Aa6,  Bb8,  Cc2,  a-g8, 
gg8,  h-v6,  x4,  2  leaves  without  signature-marks,  fl°,  flfl6,  flflfl1,  aa-ff8,  gg2, 
gg  (repeated)6,  hh6,  kk-zz6,  aaa8,  bbb8  =  454  leaves. 

The  arrangement  of  the  preliminary  leaves  varies  in  different  copies 
but  it  is  probable  that  the  following  order  is  the  best:*  1,  Verses  by 
Jonson;  2,  Title-page;  3,  Dedication  to  Lords  Pembroke  and  Mont- 
gomery ;  4,  "To  the  Great  Variety  of  Readers" ;  5,  Jonson's  "To  the 
Memory  of  ...  W.  Shakespeare" ;  6,  Holland's  Verses ;  7,  Digges' 
Verses ;  8,  Names  of  Actors ;  9,  Catalogue  of  Plays. 

There  are  a  number  of  variations  in  different  copies  showing  that 
corrections  went  on  while  the  book  was  passing  through  the  press; 
notably  the  early  state  of  the  first  page  of  Troilus  and  Cressida  found 
in  two  or  three  copies  and  the  pages  of  Hamlet  and  of  Othello,  num- 
bered respectively  278  and  333,  all  of  which  show  corrections.  The 
portrait  by  Droeshout  on  the  title  is  found  in  two  states,  the  earlier 
known  only  by  the  Bodleian  (Malone)  and  Folger  copies. 

This  volume  contains  all  the  plays  by  Shakespeare  which  are  now 
accredited  to  him  except  Pericles  and  is  the  first  appearance  in  print 
of  the  following  twenty  plays : 

The  Tempest  Henry  VI,  Part  III 

The  Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona       Henry  VIII 

Measure  for  Measure  Coriolanus 

Comedy  of  Errors  Timon  of  Athens 

As  You  Like  It  Julius  Caesar 

All's  Well  that  Ends  Well  Macbeth 

Twelfth  Night  Antony  and  Cleopatra 

The  Winter's  Tale  Cymbeline 

Henry  VI,  Part  I  King  John 

Henry  VI,  Part  II  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew 

The  Dedication  and  The  Address  to  the  Great  Variety  of  Readers 
are  both  signed  by  John  Heming  and  Henry  Condell,  fellow  actors  of 

*  See  G.  W.  Cole,  The  First  Folio  of  Shakespeare,  a  further  word  regarding 
the  correct  arrangement  of  its  preliminary  leaves.  New  York,  1909. 


Shakespeare's  Works.  51 

Shakespeare.  The  title-page  says  that  it  was  printed  by  Isaac  Jaggard 
and  Ed.  Blount,  but  as  Blount  was  a  stationer  and  not  a  printer,  it  is 
probable  that  he  was  included  as  part  holder  of  the  copyright  and  one 
of  the  financial  partners.  The  colophon  reads,  "printed  at  the  charges 
of  W.  Jaggard,  Ed.  Blount,  I.  Smethweeke,  and  W.  Aspley"  and  it  is 
to  the  energy  of  the  two  Jaggards  and  Blount  that  we  owe  this  collected 
volume  of  Shakespeare's  plays,  the  most  important  single  work  in  the 
English  language.  It  is  probable  that  there  were  from  500  to  600  copies 
of  this  edition  printed  and  nearly  2OO  survive,  but  only  fourteen  are  in 
perfect  shape  according  to  Sir  Sidney  Lee's  revised  Life  of  Shakespeare, 
1916. 

120.  Mr.  William/Shakespeares/Comedies, /Histories,  and 
/Tragedies. /Published  according  to  the  true  Originall 
Coppies./The  second  Impression. /[portrait  by  Droeshout]/ 
London,/Printed  by  Tho.  Cotes,  for  Robert  Allot,  and  are  to 
be  sold  at  his  shop  at  the  signe/of  the  blacke  Beare  in  Pauls 
Church-yard.  i632./  London,  1632. 

Second  edition ;  folio ;  A6,  **,  A-Z6,  Aa6,  Bb6,  Cc2,  a-y6,  aa-zz6,  aaa- 
ccc6,  ddd4  =  454  leaves. 

Another  title,  with  Allot's  imprint.  With  one  "p"  in 

"Copies"  and  with  "London"  below  the  portrait. 

There  are  slight  variations  in  this  imprint. 

Another  title,  differing  only  in  the  imprint:  "Lon- 

don./Printed  by  Tho.  Cotes,  for  lohn  Smethwick,  and  are  to 
be  sold  at  his  shop/in  Saint  Dunstans  Church-yard,  1632." 

Another  title,  with  imprint:   "London, /Printed  by 

Tho.  Cotes,  for  Richard  Hawkins,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his 
shop  in  Chancery  Lane,/neere  Serjeants  Inne.  1632." 

Another  title,  with  imprint:   "London,/Printed  by 

Tho.  Cotes,  for  William  Aspley,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  the 
signe/of  the  Parrat  in  Pauls  Church-yard.  1632." 

Another  title,   with  imprint:   "London,/Printed  by 

Tho.  Cotes,  for  Richard  Meighen,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  the 
middle/Temple  Gate  in  Fleet  street.  1632." 

This  is  merely  a  reprint  of  the  First  Folio,  1623,  and  has  no  new 
readings  which  are  of  interest  to  the  scholar.  It  was  printed  by  Thomas 


52  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Cotes  for  a  number  of  stationers  and  all  known  copies  have  the  same 
colophon,  "Printed  at  London  by  Thomas  Cotes,  for  John  Smethwick, 
William  Aspley,/Richard  Hawkins,  Richard  Meighen,  and  Robert 
Allot,  1632."  Each  stationer  took  a  number  of  copies  and  had  his  name 
alone  entered  in  the  imprint.  There  are  two  varieties  of  the  title-page 
with  Allot's  imprint.  Apparently  Allot  had  the  largest  number  of  copies 
as  his  name  occurs  much  more  frequently  than  any  other ;  the  Meighen 
imprint  is  the  rarest. 

121.  Mr.  William/Shakespeares/Comedies,  Histories,  and 
Tragedies./Published  according  to  the  true  Original  Copies./ 
The  Third  Impression./ [portrait  by  Droeshout]    London,/ 
Printed  for  Philip  Chetwinde,  i663-/  London,  1663. 

Third  edition,  first  issue;  folio;  A4,  b6,  A-Z8,  Aa6,  Bb8,  Cc-Zz6, 
Aaa-Zzz6,  Aaaa-Dddd6,  Eeee4  =  454  leaves. 

The  preliminary  leaves  are :  [Al],  Jonson's  Verses  "To  the  Reader" ; 
[A2],  Title;  [A3  wrongly  marked  A2],  dedication  to  Pembroke  and 
Montgomery;  [A4J,  "To  the  great  variety  of  Readers." 

During  the  Commonwealth,  there  was  small  encouragement  for  a 
publisher  to  issue  an  expensive  book  of  plays  and  it  was  not  until  after 
the  Restoration  that  any  fresh  attempt  was  made  to  reprint  Shake- 
speare's plays.  In  1663,  Philip  Chetwinde  issued  the  third  edition, 
which  is  a  reprint  of  the  second  with  such  changes  in  spelling,  punctua- 
tion, etc.,  as  occurred  to  the  printer,  who  has  not  yet  been  identified.  It 
appeared  with  the  title  in  two  states,  with  and  without  the  portrait. 
Copies  which  do  not  have  the  portrait  on  the  title,  have  the  space  left 
blank.  It  is  generally  considered  that  a  large  part  of  the  edition  was 
destroyed  in  the  Great  Fire  of  London,  1666. 

122.  Mr.  William/Shakespear's/Comedies,  Histories,  and 
Tragedies./Published  according  to  the  true  Original  Copies./ 
The  third  Impression. /And  unto  this  Impression  is  added  seven 
Playes,  never/before  Printed  in  Folio./viz./Pericles  Prince  of 
Tyre./The  London  Prodigall./The  History  of  Thomas  Ld. 
Cromwell. /Sir  John  Oldcastle  Lord  Cobham./The  Puritan 
Widow./A  York-shire  Tragedy./The  Tragedy  of  Locrine./ 
[device,  probably  Chetwinde's] /London,  Printed  for  P.  C. 
i664./  London,  1664. 

Third  edition,  second  issue;  folio;  A4,  b6,  A-Z6,  Aa6,  Bb8,  Cc-Zz6, 


Shakespeare's  Works.  53 

Aaa-Zzz6,  Aaaa-Dddd6,  Eeee4,  a°,  b4,  *4,  **4,  V4,  ****4> 


In  1664  the  unused  sheets  of  the  third  edition  were  issued  with  a 
new  title  as  above  and  with  seven  additional  plays,  six  of  which  are 
now  rejected  by  Shakespeare  scholars,  while  Pericles  is  retained  as 
partially  by  him.  These  plays  had  all  appeared  in  his  lifetime  with  his 
name  or  initials  attached,  but  had  not  been  included  in  the  First  or 
Second  Folios,  nor  in  the  first  issue  of  the  Third. 

In  this  issue  the  portrait  was  removed  from  the  title  to  make  room 
for  the  list  of  additional  plays,  and  placed  on  the  opposite  leaf  with 
Jonson's  verses  in  small  type  below. 

123.  Mr.  William  Shakespear's  /  Comedies,  /Histories,/ 
And/Tragedies./Published  according  to  the  true  Original 
Copies./Unto  which  is  added,  Seven/Plays,/Never  before 
Printed  in  Folio  :/VIZ./Pericles  Prince  of  Tyre./The  London 
Prodigal.  /The  History  of  Thomas  Lord/Cromwel./Sir  John 
Oldcastle  Lord  Cobham./The  Puritan  Widow./A  Yorkshire 
Tragedy./The  Tragedy  of  Locrine./The  Fourth  Edition./ 
[ornament]  /London,/Printed  for  H.  Herringman,  E.  Brew- 
ster,  and  R.  Bentley,  at  the  Anchor  in  the/New  Exchange,  the 
Crane  in  St.  Pauls  Church-  Yard,  and  in/Russel-Street  Covent- 
Garden.  i685-/  London,  1685. 

Fourth  edition;  folio;  2  leaves  without  signature-marks,  A4,  A-Y6, 
Z4,  Bb-Zz6,  *Aaa-*Ddd6,  *Eee8,  Aaa-Zzz6,  Aaaa6,  Bbbb6,  Cccc2  =  458 
leaves. 

-  Another  title  differing  only  in  the  imprint:  "London,/ 
Printed  for  H.  Herringman,  E.  Brewster,  R.  Chiswell,  and  R. 
Bentley,  at  the  Anchor/in  the  New  Exchange;  and  at  the 
Crane,  and  Rose  and  Crown  in  St.  Pauls/Church-  Yard,  and  in 
Russel-Street  Covent-Garden,  1685."  London,  1685. 

-  Another  title-page  : 


Mr  William  Shakespear's /Comedies, /Histories, /And/ 
Tragedies./Published  according  to  the  true  Original  Copies./ 
Unto  which  is  added,  Seven/Plays,/Never  before  Printed  in 


54  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Folio  :/Viz./Pericles  Prince  of  Tyre./The  London  Prodigal./ 
The  History  of  Thomas  Lord/Cromwel./Sir  John  Oldcastle 
Lord  Cobham./The  Puritan  Widow./A  Yorkshire  Tragedy./ 
The  Tragedy  of  Locrine./The  Fourth  Edition./ [ornament]/ 
London, /Printed  for  H.  Herringman,  and  are  to  be  sold  by 
Joseph  Knight/and  Francis  Saunders,  at  the  Anchor  in  the 
Lower  Walk/of  the  New  Exchange.  i685-/  London,  1685. 

This  is  the  last  of  the  seventeenth  century  editions  of  Shakespeare's 
collected  works  and  is  a  reprint  of  the  Third  Folio  with  fresh  mistakes 
and  very  few  corrections. 

It  was  issued  by  the  well-known  publisher,  Henry  Herringman,  and 
three  other  booksellers  and  appears  with  two  varieties  of  title-page,  one 
of  which  appears  with  two  imprints;  all  three  are  given  above.  There 
are  no  other  known  differences  between  various  copies. 

The  seven  spurious  plays  are  included  and  mentioned  on  the  title- 
page  and  the  portrait  and  verses  face  the  title. 

124.  The /Plays  and  Poems /of /William  Shakespeare./ 
Corrected  from  the  latest  and  best/London  Editions,  with 
Notes,  by/Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D./To  which  are  added,/A 
Glossary/and  the/Life  of  the  Author./Embellished  with  a 
striking  Likeness  from  the/Collection  of  His  Grace  the  Duke 
of  Chandos./First  American  Edition./Vol.  I [-VIII] /Phila- 
delphia .-/Printed  and  Sold  by  Bioren  &  Madan./MDCCXCV 

Philadelphia,  1795-96. 

First  American  edition;  small  I2mo;  8  volumes. 
This  is  given  because  it  is  the  first  American  edition.  It  includes  the 
poems  and  has  a  reproduction  of  the  Chandos  portrait. 


SPURIOUS  PLAYS 

Assigned  to  Shakespeare,  and  Adaptations 

of  his  Works. 


Spurious  Plays. 


ARDEN  OF  FEVERSHAM 

125.  The/Lamenta-/ble  and  True  Tra-/gedie  of  M.  Ar-/ 
den  of  Feversham/in  Kent./Who  was  most  wickedlye  mur- 
dered, by/the  meanes  of  his  disloyall  and  wanton/ wyfe,  who 
for  the  loue  she  bare  to  one/Mosbie,  hyred  two  desperat  ruf-/ 
fins  Blackwill  and  Shakbag,/to  kill  him./Wherin  is  shewed 
the  great  mal-/lice  and  discimulation  of  a  wicked  wo-/man, 
the  vnsatiable  desire  of  filthie  lust/and  the  shamefull  end  of 
all /murderers. /Imprinted  at  London  for  Edward /  White, 
dwelling  at  the  lyttle  North/dore  of  Paules  Church  at/ the 
signe  of  the/Gun.  15Q2./  London,  1592. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4,  K2  =  38  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl. ;  2,  V.  &  A.M.  (Dyce  copy)  ; 
3,  Huntington  (Mostyn- Perry  copy). 

This  play  was  issued  anonymously  in  1592,  1599  and  1633.  It  is 
founded  on  a  murder  which  took  place  in  1550-51  and  is  recorded  in 
Holinshed  and  Stowe.* 

In  1770,  Edward  Jacob  assigned  this  to  Shakespeare,  claiming  it  for 
his  earliest  dramatic  work;  it  is  generally  rejected  by  modern  scholars. 

It  was  reproduced  in  facsimile,  London,  for  John  S.  Farmer,  1911. 

126.  The/Lamentable  and  true/Tragedie  of  M.  Arden  of 
Feuer-/sham  in  Kent./Who  was  most  wickedly  murdered,  by 
the/meanes  of  his  disloyall  and  wanton  wife,  who/for  the 
loue  she  bare  to  one  Mosbie,   hyred  two/desperate  ruffins 
Blackwill  and  Shakbag/to  kill  him./ Wherein  is  shewed  the 
great  malice  and  dissi-/mulation  of  a  wicked  woman:  the 
vnsatiable  desire  of /filthy  lust,  and  the  shamefull  end  of/all 
murtherers./ [ornament] /At  London,/Printed  by  I.  Roberts, 
for  Edwarde  White,  and/are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  at  the 
little  North  doore/of  Paules,  at  the  signe  of  the  Gun./i599./ 

London,  1599. 

*  See,  Brooke  (C.  F.  T.),  Shakespeare  Apocrypha.  Oxford,  1908. 


58  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Second  edition ;  41:0 ;  A- 14  =  36  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  Huntington  (Heber-Britwell  copy)  ; 
2,  Huntington  (Kemble-Devonshire  copy)  ;  3,  Huntington  (Bridge- 
water  copy). 

127.  The  /  Lamentable  /  and    True    Tragedy /of    Master 
Arden  of/Feversham  in  Kent  :/VVho  was  most  wickedly  mur- 
dered/by the  meanes  of  his  disloyall  and  wanton/ wife,  who, 
for  the  love  she  bare  to  one  Mosby,/hired  two  desperate 
Ruffins,   Blacke-Will,/and  Shakebag,   to  kill  him./Wherein 
is  shewed  the  great  malice  and/dissimulation  of  a  wicked 
woman,  the  unsatiable/desire  of  filthy  lust,  and  the  shamefull 
end/of  all   murderers./ [device] /London,/Printed   by   Eliz. 
Allde  dwelling  neere/Christs-Church.  i633./    London,  1633. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-I*  =  36  leaves. 

FAIRE  EM 

128.  A  Pleasant  Commodie,/of  faire  Em  the  Millers  daugh- 
ter/of Manchester:  With   the   loue   of /William   the   Con- 
queror:/As  it  was  sundrie  times  publiquely  acted  in  the/hon- 
ourable citie  of  London,  by  the  right  honourable/the  Lord 
Strange  his  seruants./ [device,  McK.  149  #*#]  /Imprinted  at 
London  for  T.  Ntewman]  and  I.  VV[innington]/and  are  to  be 
solde  in  S.  Dunstones  Church-/yarde  in  Fleete-Streete. 

London  [c.  1592]. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-F*  =  24  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

The  only  known  copy  belonged  to  Edmund  Malone  and  is  now  in  the 
Bodleian  Library.  In  the  library  of  King  Charles  II  there  was  a  volume 
containing  this  play  with  The  Merry  Devil  of  Edmonton  and  Muce- 
dorus  and  lettered  "Shakespeare,  Vol.  I" ;  this  ascription  was  followed 
by  Kirkman,  Winstanley  and  Langbaine  at  the  end  of  the  seventeenth 
century,  but  is  not  accepted  by  any  modern  critics.  The  author  has  not 
been  discovered. 

129.  A  Pleasant /Comedie/ Of /Faire  Em, /The  Millers 
Daughter  of /Manchester  :/With  the  loue  of  William  the  Con- 
queror./As  it  was  sundty  \_sic~\  times  publiquely  acted  in  the/ 


Spurious  Plays.  59 

Honourable  Citie  of  London,  by  the  right  Ho-/nourable  the 
Lord  Strange  his  Seruants./ [device] /London, /Printed  for 
lohn  Wright,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  at  the/signe  of  the 
Bible  in  Guilt-spur  street  without/Newgate.  i63i./ 

London,  1631. 
Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

LOCRINE 

130.  The /Lamentable   Tragedie   of/Locrine,    the   eldest 
sonne  of  King  Brutus,  discour-/sing  the  warres  of  the  Brit- 
aines,   and  Hunnes,/with  their  discomfiture  :/The  Britaines 
victorie  with  their  Accidents,  and  the/death  of  Albanact./No 
lesse  pleasant  then/profitable./Newly  set  foorth,   ouerseene 
and  corrected, /by  VV.S./[Creede's  device] /London/Printed 
by  Thomas  Creede./i595  London,  1595. 

First  and  only  separate  edition ;  4to ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves,  the  first  prob- 
ably blank. 

This  is  one  of  the  pseudo-Shakespearian  plays  included  in  the  Third 
Folio,  1663-64  and  since  rejected  by  scholars.  Mr.  White's  copy  has  a 
note  on  the  title  by  Sir  George  Buck,  Master  of  the  Revels,  ascribing  it 
to  Charles  Tylney.  The  initials  "W.S."  on  the  title-page  do  not  neces- 
sarily refer  to  Shakespeare,  as  his  name  would  not  have  had  any  great 
selling  power  as  early  as  1595;  they  may  have  been  meant  for  Went- 
worth  Smith. 

It  was  reproduced  in  facsimile  by  John  S.  Farmer,  1907-14. 

EDWARD  III 

131.  The/Raigne  of /King  Edward/the  third  :/As  it  hath 
bin  sundrie  times  plaied  about/the  Citie  of  London./ [orna- 
ment]/London,/Printed  for  Cuthbert  Burby./i596./ 

London,  1596. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  [A] -I4,  K2  =  38  leaves,  the  first  blank. 

This  was  first  printed  in  1596  and  again  in  1599;  both  editions  are 
anonymous.  It  was  not  ascribed  to  Shakespeare  until  the  middle  of  the 
seventeenth  century,  when  it  was  entered  as  his  in  a  bookseller's  cata- 
logue. A  line  in  Act  II,  scene  i,  "Lilies  that  fester  smell  far  worse  than 
weeds,"  is  repeated  in  the  14th  line  of  the  94th  sonnet  by  Shakespeare 
and  opinions  are  divided  as  to  whether  Shakespeare  borrowed  from  the 


60  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

play  or  the  dramatist  copied  from  a  manuscript  copy  of  the  sonnet. 
Edward  Capell  stated  that  it  was  thought  to  be  by  Shakespeare,  but  the 
majority  of  modern  scholars  reject  it  entirely. 

The  play  is  founded  on  episodes  from  Holinshed  combined  with  a 
love  story  from  Bandello,  probably  known  to  Shakespeare  through  the 
version  in  Painter's  Palace  of  Pleasure,  1566-67. 

It  was  reproduced  in  facsimile  by  John  S.  Farmer,  1907-14. 

132.  The/Raigne  of/King  Edward  the/Third./As  it  hath 
bene  sundry  times  played  about/ the  Citie  of  London. /[de- 
vice]/Imprinted  at  London  by  Simon  Stafford, /for  Cuthbert 
Burby:  And  are  to  be/sold  at  his  shop/neere  the  Royall  Ex- 
change. 1599-/  London,  1599. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves. 

MUCEDORUS 

133.  A/Most  pleasant  Co-/medie  of  Mucedorus  the  kings/ 
sonne  of  Valentia  and  Amadine/the  Kings  daughter  of  Arra- 
gon,/with  the  merie  conceites/of  Mouse./Newly  set  foorth, 
as  it  hath  bin/sundrie  times  plaide  in  the  ho-/norable  Cittie 
of  London./Very  delectable  and  full/of  mirth./ [ornament]/ 
London/Printed  for  William  lones,  dwel-/ling  at  Holborne 
conduit,  at/ the  signe  of  the  Gunne./i598.         London,  1598. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Folger  (Warwick  copy)  ; 
3,  Huntington  (Kemble-Devonshire  copy). 

This  was,  perhaps,  the  most  popular  of  Elizabethan  comedies.  From 
the  words  "Newly  set  foorth"  on  the  title  of  this,  the  earliest  known 
edition,  we  may  conclude  that  it  had  been  printed  before.  The  tenth 
edition  appeared  in  1626.  The  entire  series  is  here  described  and  it  will 
be  seen  that  some  exist  in  only  one  copy. 

The  first  five  editions  were  all  printed  for  William  Jones,  but  the 
printer's  name  is  not  given. 

It  was  assigned  to  Shakespeare  by  some  late  seventeenth  century 
booksellers  but  is  entirely  rejected  by  modern  scholarship. 

A  facsimile  reprint  was  issued  by  John  S.  Farmer,  London,  1907-14. 

134.  A/Most  pleasant/Comedie  of  Mucedorus/the  Kings 
sonne  of  Valentia,/and  Amadine  the  Kinges/daughter  of  Arra- 


Spurious  Plays.  61 

gon,/with  the  merrie/conceites  of/Mouse./Newly  set  foorth, 
as  it  hath  bin/sundry  times  playde  in  the/honorable  Cittie  of/ 
London. /Very  delectable,  and  full /of  mirth.  /  London,  / 
Printed  for  William  Iones,/dwelling  neare  Holborne/Con- 
duit,  at  the  signe/of  the  Gunne./i6o6.  London,  1606. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves. 

The  only  known  copy  is  found  in  the  Dyce  Collection  in  the  Victoria 
and  Albert  Museum. 

135.  A/Most  pleasant/Comedie  of  Muce-/dorus  the  Kings 
sonne  of  Valen-/tia,  and  Amadine  the  Kinges/daughter  of 
Aragon./With  the  merry  conceites  of  Mouse./Amplified  with 
new  additions,  as  it  was/acted  before  the  Kings  Maistie  at/ 
White-hall  on  Shroue-/sunday  night./By  his  Highnes  Ser- 
uantes  vsually /playing  at  the  Globe./Very  delectable,  and 
full  of  conceited  Mirth./Imprinted  at  London  for  William 
lones./dwelling  neare  Holborne  Conduit/at  the  signe  of  the 
Gunne./i6lo./  London,  1610. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  T.C.C.;  3,  Huntington 
(Mostyn  copy). 

136.  A/Most  pleasant/Comedie  of  Muce-/dorus  the  Kings 
sonne  of  Valen-/cia,  and  Amadine  the  Kinges/daughter  of 
Aragon./With  the  merry  conceites  of  Mouse./Amplified  with 
new  additions,  as  it  was/acted  before  the  Kings  Maiestie  at/ 
White-hall  on  Shroue-/sunday  night./By  his  Highnes  Ser- 
uantes,  vsually/playing  at  the  Globe./Very  delectable,  and 
full  of  conceited  Mirth./Imprinted  at  London  for  William 
lones, /dwell ing  neere  Holborne  Conduit/at  the  signe  of  the 
Gunne./i6n./  London,  1611. 

Fourth  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl.  (Douce  copy)  ;  2,  Huntington 
(Rowf ant-Church  copy). 

137.  A/Most  pleasant/Comedie  of  Mucedo-/rus  the  Kings 
Sonne  of  Valen-/cia,  and  Amadine  the  Kings/daughter  of 


62  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Aragon./With  the  merry  conceits  of  Mouse./Amplined  with 
new  additions,  as  it  was/acted  before  the  Kings  Maiestie/at 
White-hall  on  Shroue-/sunday  night./By  his  Highnesse  Ser- 
uants,  vsually/playing  at  the  Globe./Very  delectable,  and  full 
of  con-/ceited  mirth./Imprinted  at  London  for  William 
Iones,/dwelling  neere  Holborne  Conduit/at  the  signe  of  the 
Gunne./i6i3-  London,  1613. 

Fifth  edition ;  4to ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
Only  two  copies  are  known:   1,  B.M.   (Heber-Grenville  copy);  2, 
B.P.L.  (Gilchrist-Barton  copy). 

138.  A/Most  pleasant/Comedie  of  Mucedo-/rus  the  Kings 
Sonne  of  Valen-/cia,  and  Amadine  the  Kings/Daughter  of 
Aragon./With  the  merry  conceits  of  Mouse./Amplined  with 
new  Additions,  as  it  was/acted  before  the  Kings  Maiesty,/at 
White-hall  on  Shroue-/Sunday  night./By  his  Highnesse  Ser- 
uants,  vsually/playing  at  the  Globe/Very  delectable,  and  full 
of  con-/ceited  Mirth./Imprinted  at  London  by  N.O[kes]  for 
Wil-/liam  lones,   dwelling  neere  Holborne/Conduit  at  the 
signe  of  the  Gunne./i6l5./  London,  1615. 

Sixth  edition ;  8vo  in  fours ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  last  probably 
blank. 

We  can  trace  but  two  copies  of  this  edition:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  Huntingdon 
(Perry  copy). 

139.  A/Most  Pleasant/Comedie  of  Mucedorus/the  Kings 
Sonne  of  Valen-/tia,  and  Amadine  the  Kings/Daughter  of 
Aragon./With  the  merry  conceits  of  Mouse./Amplined  with 
new  Additions  as  it/was  Acted  before  the  Kings/Maiesty,  at 
White-hall  on/Shroue-Sunday  night./By  his  Highnesse  Ser- 
uants,  vsual-/ly  playing  at  the  Globe./Very  delectable,  and 
ful  of  conceited  mirth./At  London,  Printed  for  lohn  Wright, 
and  are  to  be/sold  at  his  Shop  at  the  signe  of  the/Bible  with- 
out New-gate/ 161 8./  London,  1618. 

Seventh  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
The  only  known  copy  now  belongs  to  Mr.  Huntington  (Kershaw- 
Huth  copy). 


Spurious  Plays.  63 

140.  A/Most  Pleasant/Comedy  of  Mucedorus/the  Kings 
Sonne  of  Valen-/tia,  and  Amadine  the  Kings/Daughter  of 
Aragon./With  the  merry  conceits  of  Mouse./Amplified  with 
new  Additions,  as  it/was  acted  before  the  Kings/Maiesty,  at 
White-hall  on/Shroue-sunday  night./By  his  Highnesse  Ser- 
uants,  vsually/playing  at  the  Globe./Very  delectable,  and  ful 
of  conceited  mirth./London,/Printed  for  lohn  Wright,  and 
are  to  bee/sold  at  his  shop  without  New-/gate,  at  the  signe  of 
the/Bible.  1619.7  London,  1619. 

Eighth  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
Five  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  B.P.L.  (Barton  copy)  ; 
4,  Huntington  (Devonshire  copy)  ;  5,  White  (Cope  copy). 

141.  A/Most  Pleasant/Comedy  of  Mucedorus/the  Kings 
Sonne  of  Valen-/tia,  and  Amadine  the  Kings/Daughter  of 
Aragon./With  the  merry  conceits  of  Mouse./Amplified  with 
new  Additions,  as  it/ was  acted  before  the  Kings/Maiesty,  at 
White-hall  on/Shroue-sunday  night./By  his  Highnesse  Ser- 
uants,  vsually/playing  at  the  Globe./Very  delectable,  and  ful 
of  conceited  mirth/London,/Printed  for  lohn  Wright,  and  are 
to  be  sold/at  his  shop  without  New-gate,  at/the  signe  of  the 
Bible./ 1621.  London,  1621. 

Ninth  edition ;  4to ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
The  only  known  copy  is  in  the  Stadtbibliothek,  Danzig,  and  the  title 
and  collation  were  kindly  supplied  by  the  Direktor,  Prof.  Dr.  Gunther. 


142.  A/Most  pleasant/Comedy  of  Mucedorus/the  Kings 
Sonne  of  Valen-/tia,  and  Amadine  the  Kings/Daughter  of 
Aragon./With  the  merry  conceits  of  Mouse./Amplified  with 
new  Additions,  as  it/ was  acted  before  the  Kings/Maiesty  at 
Whitehall,  on/Shrouesunday  night./By  his  Highnesse  Ser- 
uants,  vsually/playing  at  the  Globe./Very  delectable,  and  full 
of  conceited  mirth./ [ornament] /London, /Printed  for  lohn 
Wright,  and  are  to  be  solde/at  his  shop  at  the  signe  of  the 
Bible/ without  Newgate.  1626.  London,  1626. 


64  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Tenth  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  V.  &  A.M.  (Dyce  copy) ;  2,  Hunting- 
ton  (Perry  copy). 

SIR  JOHN  OLDCASTLE 

143.  The  first  part/Of  the  true  and  hono-/rable  historic,  of 
the  life  of  Sir/ John  Oldcastle,  the  good/Lord  Cobham./As  it 
hath  been  lately  acted  by  the  right/honorable  the  Earle  of 
Notingham/Lord  high  Admirall  of  England  his/seruants./ 
[device] /London/Printed  by  V.S[immes]  for  Thomas  Pauier, 
and  are  to  be  solde  at/his  shop  at  the  signe  of  the  Catte  and 
Parrots/neere  the  Exchange./ i6oo./  London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

This  play  first  appeared  in  1600  anonymously,  but  it  is  now  known 
that  it  was  written  by  Antony  Munday,  Robert  Wilson,  Michael  Dray- 
ton  and  Richard  Hathaway.  When  Pavier  issued  his  falsely  dated 
edition  in  1619  he  ascribed  it  to  Shakespeare,  though  it  was  originally 
written  ostensibly  to  remove  the  slur  which  Shakespeare  was  supposed 
to  have  cast  upon  the  historical  Oldcastle  by  giving  his  name  to  the  fat 
knight  in  Henry  IV  and  Henry  V .  Indeed  such  exception  was  taken 
by  Oldcastle's  descendants  that  the  name  was  changed  to  Falstaff  in 
Shakespeare's  play.  Sir  John  Oldcastle  was  popular  although  it  has 
little  merit. 

It  is  probable  that  Chetwinde,  who  included  this  play  with  five  other 
spurious  ones  and  Pericles  in  the  Third  Folio,  did  not  know  the  genuine 
first  edition,  as  his  text  is  taken  from  the  1619  reprint,  which  is  not  as 
good  as  the  original.  The  second  part,  in  which  Thomas  Dekker  had  a 
hand,  is  now  lost. 

144.  The  first  part/Of  the  true  &  honourable  history,  of 
the  Life  of /Sir  lohn  Old-castle,  the  good/Lord  Cobham./As 
it  hath  bene  lately  acted  by  the  Right/honorable  the  Earle  of 
Notingham/Lord  High  Admirall  of  England,/his  Seruants./ 
Written  by  William  Shakespeare. /[Heb  Ddieu  device]  /Lon- 
don printed  for  T.Pcavier]/ 1600.  London,  1600  [1619]. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

This  is  one  of  the  falsely  dated  plays  issued  by  Thomas  Pavier  in 
1619.  See  No.  118. 


Spurious  Plays.  65 

THOMAS,  LORD  CROMWELL 

145.  The/True  Chronicle  Hi-/storie  of  the  whole  life  and 
death/of  Thomas  Lord  Cromwell. /As  it  hath  beene  sundrie 
times  pub-/likely  Acted  by  the  Right  Honourable  the  Lord 
Chamberlaine/his  Seruants./ Written  by  W.S./ [device]  Im- 
printed at  London  for  William  lones,  and  are/to  be  solde  at 
his  house  neere  Holburne  con-/duict,   at  the  signe  of  the 
Gunne./i6o2./  London,  1602. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves.  64  probably  blank. 

This  is  one  of  the  anonymous  plays  which  appeared  with  the  initials 
"W.S."  during  Shakespeare's  lifetime  and  which  were  afterwards  in- 
cluded in  the  Third  Folio,  1664.  There  is  no  reason  to  believe  that 
Shakespeare  had  any  hand  in  it  and  it  is  supposed  by  some  scholars  that 
the  initials  were  not  meant  for  him  but  for  some  other  dramatist; 
however,  it  seems  probable  that  this  was  another  case  of  the  advertising 
value  of  Shakespeare's  reputation.  It  appeared  again  in  1613.  It  was 
reproduced  in  facsimile  by  John  S.  Farmer,  1907-14. 

146.  The/True  Chronicle  Hi-/storie  of  the  whole  life  and 
death/of  Thomas  Lord  Cromwell./As  it  hath  beene  sundry 
times  pub-/likely  Acted  by  the  Kings  Maiesties/Seruants./ 
Written  by  W.S./ [device] /London: /Printed  by  Thomas 
Snodham./i6i3./  London,  1613. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

THE  LONDON  PRODIGAL 

147.  The  /London  /Prodigal  I./  As  it  was  plaide  by  the 
Kings    Maie-/ sties    seruants./By    William    Shakespeare,/ 
[Creede's  device] /London./Printed  by  T.  Qreede]  for  Na- 
thaniel Butter,  and/are  to  be  sold  neere  S.  Austins  gate,/at  the 
signe  of  thepyde  Bull./i6o5./  London,  1605. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves. 

Although  this  play  was  issued  in  Shakespeare's  lifetime  with  his 
name  on  the  title,  there  is  no  reason  to  ascribe  it  to  him.  His  name  was 
used  several  times  by  booksellers  as  an  advertisement  for  spurious 
works.  The  London  Prodigal  was  included  by  Chetwinde  in  the  Third 
Folio  with  other  spurious  plays.  It  was  reproduced  in  facsimile  by 
John  S.  Farmer,  1907-14. 


66  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

THE  PURITAN 

148.  The/Puritaine./Or/The    Widdovv/of    Watling- 
streete./Acted  by  the  Children  of  Paules./Written  by  W.S./ 
[device] /Imprinted  at  London  by  G.  Eld./ 1607.7 

London,  1607. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

This  appeared  in  Shakespeare's  lifetime  with  his  initials  on  the  title 
and  it  was  probably  for  that  reason  that  Chetwinde  included  it  with 
the  extra  plays  issued  with  the  Third  Folio  in  1664.  It  is  now  known 
that  it  was  not  by  Shakespeare  but  the  author  has  not  been  discovered. 
It  was  not  reprinted  separately.  It  was  reproduced  in  facsimile  by 
John  S.  Farmer,  1907-14. 

YORKSHIRE  TRAGEDY 

149.  A/ Yorkshire/Tragedy. /Not  so  New  as  Lamentable/ 
and  true./Acted  by  his   Maiesties  Players  at/the  Globe./ 
Written  by  W.  Shakspeare/ [device,  McK.  280] /At  Lon- 
don/Printed by  R.B[radock]  for  Thomas  Pauier  and  are  to 
bee  sold  at  his/shop  on  Cornhill,  neere  tot  \_sic~\  he  exchange./ 
1608  London,  1608. 

First  edition;  4to;  A-D4  =  16  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

This  play  was  ascribed  to  Shakespeare  during  his  lifetime  but  was 
not  included  in  the  First  Folio,  issued  after  his  death  by  his  fellow 
actors.  It  is  one  of  the  seven  plays  added  to  the  Third  Folio,  1664, 
but  has  since  been  rejected  by  the  best  scholarship.  It  was  reprinted  in 
1619. 

The  story  is  founded  on  a  series  of  murders  at  York  in  1605,  which 
are  recorded  in  Stow's  Chronicle.  It  was  reproduced  in  facsimile  by 
John  S.  Farmer,  1907-14. 

150.  A/Yorkshire/Tragedie./Not  so  New,  as  Lamentable/ 
and  True./ Written  by  W.  Shakespeare./ [Heb  Ddieu  de- 
vice]/Printed  for  T.  P.  i6i9-/  London,  1619. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  2  leaves  without  signature-marks,  A-C4,  D2  =  16 
leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

This  was  one  of  the  plays  issued  by  Pavier  in  1619.  See  No.  118. 


Spurious  Plays.  67 

MERRY  DEVIL  OF  EDMONTON 

151.  The/Merry  Devill/of/Edmonton./As  it  hath  beene 
sundry  times  Acted,/by  his  Maiesties  Seruants,  at  the/Globe, 
on  the  banke-side./ [ornament] /London/Printed  by  Henry 
Ballard  for  Arthur  lohnson,  dwelling/at  the  signe  of  the 
white-horse  in  Paules  Church/yard,  ouer  against  the  great 
North/doore  of  Paules  i6o8./  London,  1608. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  first  blank  except  for  signa- 
ture-mark. 

Four  copies  are  now  known:  1,  T.C.C. ;  2,  Folger  (Fountaine-Perry 
copy)  ;  3,  Huntington  (Devonshire  copy)  ;  4,  White. 

This  play  was  very  popular  and  ran  through  six  editions  by  1655.  It 
was  entered  on  the  Stationers'  Register  as  by  "T.B."  and  it  was  not  until 
1653  that  it  was  assigned  to  Shakespeare  and  then  by  a  bookseller.  It 
is  now  agreed  that  it  is  not  by  him  but  the  author  is  not  known. 

It  was  reproduced  in  facsimile  by  John  S.  Farmer,  1907-14. 

152.  The/Merry  Devill/of/Edmonton./As  it  hath  bene 
sundry  times/Acted,  hy  \_sic~\  his  Majesties  Seruants./at  the 
Globe  on  the  Bancke/side./  [ornament]  /London, /Printed  by 
Thomas  Creede,  for  Arthur  lohnson,  dwel-/ling  at  the  signe 
of  the  white  Horse,  in  Paules/Church-yarde,  ouer  against  the 
great/North  doore  of  Paules./ 1612.  London,  1612. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 
Only  two  copies  of  this  edition  are  known:  1,  St.  John's  (Crynes 
copy)  ;  2,  Huntington  (Corser-Huth  copy). 

153.  The/Merry  Divel/of/Edmonton./As  it  hath  beene 
sundry  times  Acted,/by  his  Maiesties  Seruants,  at  the/Globe 
on  the  Banke-side./ [ornament] /At  London./Printed  by  G. 
Eld,  for  Arthur  lohnson,  dwel-/ling  at  the  signe  of  the  white- 
Horse  in  Paules/Churchyard,  ouer  against  the  great/North 
Doore  of  Paules./i6i7./  London,  1617. 

Third  edition ;  4to ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

154.  [Ornament] /The  Merry  Deuill/of/Edmonton./As  it 
hath  been  sundry  times/ Acted,  by  his  Maiesties/Seruants,  at 


68  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

the  Globe  on/ the  Banke-side./ [ornament] /London  printed  by 
A.  Mfathewes]  for  Francis  Falkner,  and/are  to  be  sold  at  his 
Shoppe  neere  vnto  S.  Margarites-hill/in  Southwarke.  1626. 

London,  1626. 

Fourth  edition ;  4*0 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 
Four  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  T.C.C. ;  3,  V.  &  A.M.  (Dyce 
copy)  ;  4,  B.P.L.  (Barton  copy). 

155.  [Ornament] /The  Merry  Deuill/of/Edmonton./As  it 
hath  been  sundry  times/Acted,  by  his  Maiesties/Seruants,  at 
the     Globe     on/the     Bancke-side. /  [ ornament]  /London./ 
^Printed  by  T.Pturfoot'?]  for  Francis  Falkner,  and  are  to  be/ 
sold  at  his  Shoppe  neere  vnto  S.  Margarites-hill/in  South- 
warke. 163 1./  London,  1631. 

Fifth  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

BIRTH  OF  MERLIN 

156.  The/Birth/of /Merlin  :/Or,/The  Childe  hath  found 
his  Father./As  it  hath  been  several  times  Acted/with  great 
Applause. /Written    by    William    Shakespear,    and/William 
Rowley. /[quotation    one    line/ornament] /London:    Printed 
by  Tho.  Johnson  for  Francis  Kirkman,  and/Henry  Marsh, 
and  are  to  be  sold  at  the  Princes  Arms  in/Chancery-Lane. 
1662.  London,  1662. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves. 

Francis  Kirkman,  the  bookseller  and  publisher,  described  this  piece 
on  the  title-page  as  "By  William  Shakespear  and  William  Rowley,"  but 
it  cannot  safely  be  assigned  to  any  date  earlier  than  1622  and  is  un- 
doubtedly by  Rowley  alone. 

It  was  reproduced  in  facsimile  by  John  S.  Farmer,  1907-14. 

CUPID'S  CABINET  UNLOCKED 

157.  Cupids  Cabinet  Unlock' t,/Or,/The  New  Accademy/ 
Of/Complements,/Odes,    Epigrams,    Songs,    and    Son-/nets, 
Poesies,  Presentations,/Congratulations,  Ejaculations,/Rhap- 
sodies,  &c./With  other  various  fancies. /Created  partly  for  the 


Spurious  Plays.  69 

delight,  but/chiefly  for  the  use  of  all  Ladies,/Gentlemen,  and 
Strangers,  who  af-/fect  to  speak  Elegantly,  or  write/ 
Queintly./By  W.  Shakespeare./  N.p.,  n.d. 

I2mo ;  4  leaves ;  H12,  I3  =  19  leaves. 

The  only  copy  we  can  trace  is  in  Mr.  White's  collection. 

This  little  collection  of  poems  is  a  portion  of  a  larger  book  which  may 
have  had  an  entirely  different  title-page.  It  does  not  contain  a  line  from 
any  one  of  Shakespeare's  acknowledged  works  nor  is  there  any  reason 
to  believe  that  any  part  is  by  him ;  it  is  evident  that  his  name  was  used 
as  an  advertisement. 


158.  SHAKESPEARE,  WILLIAM,  and  JOHN  FLETCHER. 
The/Two/Noble/Kinsmen  i/Presented  at  the  Blackfriers/ 

by  the  Kings  Maiesties  servants, /with  great  applause:/ 
Written  by  the  memorable  Worthies/of  their  time  ;/Mr.  John 
Fletcher,  and/Mr.  William  Shakspeare./Gent./[Heb  Ddieu 
device] /Printed  at  London  by  Tho.  Cotes,  for  lohn  Water- 
son  :/and  are  to  be  sold  at  the  signe  of  the  Crowne/in  Pauls 
Church-yard,  i634./  London,  1634. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  Title  l  leaf,  B-M4,  N1  =  46  leaves,  the  title  and 
N  i  are  imposed  together. 

There  is  but  this  one  early  separate  edition. 

Shakespearian  critics  do  not  agree  about  this  play,  some  accepting 
the  ascription  on  the  title-page,  while  others  consider  that  Massinger, 
Beaumont  or  Chapman  was  responsible  for  the  portions  which  are  not 
by  Fletcher.  A  dual  authorship,  with  Fletcher  as  one  partner,  is  gen- 
erally accepted. 

The  plot  is  based  on  Chaucer's  Knight's  Tale. 

It  was  reproduced  in  facsimile  by  John  S.  Farmer,  1907-14. 

159.  THEOBALD,  LEWIS,  (1688-1744). 

Double  Falshood  ;/Or,/The  Distrest  Lovers./A/Play,/As 
it  is  Acted  at  the/Theatre-Royal/in/Drury-Lane./Written 
Originally  by  W.  Shakespeare; /And  now  Revised  and 
Adapted  to  the  Stage/By  Mr.  Theobald,  the  Author  of  Shake- 
speare Restor'd./ [quotation  2  lines]  /London  r/Printed  by  J. 


yo  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Watts,  at  the  Printing-Office  in/Wild-Court  near  Lincolns- 
Inn  Fields./M  DCC  XXVIII./  London,  1728. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-E8  =  40  leaves. 

Theobald  said  this  was  a  hitherto  undiscovered  play  by  Shakespeare, 
but  it  is  now  considered  probable  that  it  was  written  by  Theobald  him- 
self. Malone  thought  it  was  by  Massinger;  Farmer  said  Shirley;  it  is 
certainly  not  by  Shakespeare. 


^Adaptations  of  Shakespeare*  s  Plays, 

160.  CARYL,  JOHN,  (1625-1711). 

The/English  Princess,/or,/the  Death  of/Richard  III./A/ 
Tragedy. /  [quotation  3  lines] /Licensed, /May  22. /  1667. / 
Roger  L'Estrange./London, /Printed  for  Thomas  Dring,  and 
are  to  be  sold  at  his  Shop  at  the/Sign  of  the  George  in  Fleet- 
street,  neer  Cliffords-Inn.  1667.  London,  1667. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

Betterton  was  famous  for  his  impersonation  of  Richard  III  in  this 
play,  which  Pepys  saw  acted  on  March  7,  1667.  This  adaptation  and 
Colley  Gibber's  travesty  superseded  Shakespeare's  genuine  play  until 
1821. 

161.  DRYDEN,  JOHN,  and  Sir  WILLIAM  DAVENANT. 
The/Tempest,/or  the/Enchanted   Island./A/Comedy./As 

it  is  now  Acted  at  his  Highness  the  Duke  of  York's  Theatre./ 
London,/Printed  by  J.M[artyn]  for  Henry  Herringman  at  the 
Blew/Anchor  in  the  Lower-walk  of  the  New-Exchange./ 
MDCLXX.  London,  1670. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 

Lowndes  calls  for  an  edition  of  1669,  but  no  copy  with  that  date  is 
known.  It  was  licensed  Jan.  8,  1669-70  and  Lowndes  doubtless  mistook 
this  for  the  date  of  the  first  edition.  It  was  first  acted  in  November, 
1667,  the  year  before  Dryden's  death. 

The  play  is  greatly  altered  from  Shakespeare's  original  but  has  some 
scenes  and  lines  copied  verbatim  from  him.  Several  new  characters  are 
introduced  and  more  stage  directions ;  it  is  divided  into  acts  but  not 
scenes. 

It  was  reprinted  in  1674  with  a  good  many  lines  omitted,  more 
elaborate  stage  directions  and  scene  divisions;  there  are  some  additions 
and  alterations  by  Thomas  Shadwell,  who  is  said  to  have  turned  Dryden 
and  Davenant's  play  into  an  opera.  The  form  is  not  greatly  changed, 
however,  except  for  the  elaborate  stage  directions  and  the  masque  at 
the  end  of  the  fifth  act.  No  mention  of  Shadwell  is  made  in  the  book 
and  the  preliminary  matter  is  exactly  the  same  as  that  of  the  first 
edition.  The  later  editions,  1676,  1690  and  1695,  are  all  reprints  of 
the  1674  Shadwell  version. 


72  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

162.  DRYDEN,     JOHN,     Sir    WILLIAM     DAVENANT     and 
THOMAS  SHADWELL. 

The/Tempest,/or  the/Enchanted  Island. /A/Comedy./As 
it  is  now  Acted  at  His  Highness  the  Duke  of  York's/Theatre./ 
[ornament] /London, /Printed  by  T.N[ewcomb]  for  Henry 
Herringman,  at  the  Blew/ Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the 
New-Exchange./MDCLXXIV.  London,  1674. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
This  is  the  first  edition  to  include  Shadwell's  alterations,  which  ap- 
pear in  every  succeeding  edition  until  1800. 

163.  DRYDEN,  JOHN,  (1631-1700). 

All  for  Lover/Or,  the/World  well  Lost./A/Tragedy,/As 
it  is  Acted  at  the/Theatre-Royal  ;/And  Written  in  Imitation 
of  Shakespeare's  Stile./By  John  Dryden,  Servant  to  His 
Majesty. /[quotation  2  lines] /In  the  Savoy  './Printed  by  Tho. 
Newcomb,  for  Henry  Herringman,  at  the  Blew  An-/chor  in 
the  Lower  Walk  of  the  New-Exchange.  1678.  London,  1678. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  Title  1  leaf,  A*,  b5,  B-L4  =  50  leaves. 

This  is  an  adaptation  of  Antony  and  Cleopatra.  Leslie  Stephen  con- 
sidered it  Dryden's  best  play.  As  first  acted,  Hart  played  Antony  and 
Mrs.  Boutell,  Cleopatra.  Shakespeare's  play  was  first  published  in  the 
First  Folio,  1623,  and  did  not  appear  separately  during  the  seventeenth 
century. 

164.  DRYDEN. 

Troilus/and/Cressida, /or, /Truth  Found  too  Late. /A/ 
Tragedy/As  it  is  Acted  at  the  Dukes  Theatre. /To  which  is 
Prefix'd,  A  Preface  Containing/the  Grounds  of  Criticism  in 
Tragedy./Written  By  John  Dryden/Servant  to  his  Majesty./ 
[quotation  2  lines] /London,  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson  at  the 
Judges-Head  in  Chan/-cery-lane  near  Fleet-street,  and  Abel 
Swall,  at  the  Unicorn/at  the  West-end  of  S.  Pauls,  1679. 

London,  1679. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A4,  a4,  b5,  B-K4  =  49  leaves. 

The  Preface,  by  Dryden,  contains  a  long  essay  on  the  grounds  of 


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criticism  in  tragedy ;  and  the  Prologue,  also  by  Dryden,  was  spoken  by 
Betterton  as  the  ghost  of  Shakespeare.  The  Preface  is  full  of  allusions 
to  Shakespeare  and  quotations  from  Hamlet  and  Richard  II. 

165.  DAVENANT,  Sir  WILLIAM,  (1606-1668). 
Macbeth,/A/Tragsedy./With  all  the/Alterations,/Amend- 

ments,/Additions,/and/New  Songs. /As  it 's  now  Acted  at  the 
Dukes  Theatre./London,/Printed  for  P.  Chetwin,  and  are  to 
be  Sold/by  most  Booksellers,  1674.  London,  1674. 

First  edition  of  Davenant's  adaptation ;  4*0 ;  A2,  A-D4,  F-I4,  K2  =  36 
leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

Shakespeare's  play  was  first  published  in  the  Folio  of  1623  and 
separately  in  1673  when  two  songs  from  The  Witch  by  Thomas 
Middleton,  and  one  by  Davenant  were  included.  This  adaptation  of 
1674,  as  the  title  says,  includes  all  the  new  songs  and  alters  the  text  as 
well.  The  adapting  was  done  in  1666,  though  this  is  the  first  edition. 
Before  the  Restoration  all  women's  parts  were  filled  by  boys  and  it 
was  not  until  Killigrew's  company  began  acting  in  1660  that  women 
appeared  on  the  public  stage.  Thomas  Betterton  and  his  wife  played 
together  in  many  Shakespearian  dramas  and  it  is  probable  that  Mrs. 
Betterton  was  the  first  woman  to  play  most  of  the  great  female  parts, 
although  Mrs.  Margaret  Hughes  is  said  to  have  acted  the  part  of 
Desdemona  on  December  8,  1660,  which  is  the  first  recorded  appearance 
of  a  woman  on  the  public  stage  of  England.  In  the  list  of  actors  herein 
given  Mrs.  Betterton  is  entered  as  Lady  Macbeth,  her  husband  as 
Macbeth  and  Nathaniel  Lee  as  Duncan,  though  it  is  said  he  never  filled 
the  part. 

166.  DAVENANT. 

Macbeth,/A/Tragedy  :/With  all  the/Alterations,/Amend- 
ments,/Additions,/and/New  Songs./As  it  is  now  Acted  at  the 
Dukes  Theatre. /[ornament] /London i/Printed  for  A.  Clark, 
and  are  to  be  sold/by  most  Booksellers,  1674. 

London,  1674. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A2,  B-H4,  I2  =  32  leaves. 

167.  DUFFETT,  THOMAS. 

The /Empress /of /Morocco. /A    Farce. /Acted /By    His 


74  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Majesties  Servants./London,/Printed  for  Simon  Neale,  at  the 
Sign  of /the  three  Pidgeons  in  Bedford-street/in  Covent-Gar- 
den.  1674.  t  London,  1674. 

First  edition;  4to;  A4,  B2,  C-G4,  H2  =  28  leaves  including  (Ai)  a 
portrait  of  Griffin. 

At  the  end  of  this  satire  is  a  travesty  on  the  Witches  in  Macbeth 
with  title  "Epilogue.  Being  a  new  Fancy  after  the  old  and  most  sur- 
prising way  of  Macbeth  ...  by  Henry  Wright." 

168.  DUFFETT. 

The/Mock-Tempest  :/or  the/Enchanted  Castle./Acted  at 
the/Theatre  Royal. /Written  by  T.  Duffett./ [quotation  one 
line/ornament]  /London,/Printed  for  William  Cademan  at 
the  Popes-Head  in  the  lower/Walk  of  the  New  Exchange  in 
the  Strand.  1675.  London,  1675. 

First  edition;  4to;  [A]4,  B-H4  =  32  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

This  burlesque  on  the  Tempest  of  Dryden  and  Davenant  was  acted 
at  the  Theatre  Royal  while  the  original  was  at  the  Duke's  Theatre  in 
1675.  It  is  full  of  horrible  parodies  of  the  most  beautiful  lines  in 
Shakespeare's  Tempest,  which  Dryden  and  Davenant  had  used  in  their 
adaptation. 

169.  SEDLEY,  Sir  CHARLES,  (1639-1701). 
Antony/and/Cleopatra  :/A/Tragedy./As  it  is  Acted  at  the 

Dukes/Theatre./Written  by  the  Honourable/Sir  Charles 
Sedley,  Baronet./Licensed  Apr.  24.  1677.  Roger  L' Estrange./ 
London, /Printed  for  Richard  Tonson  at  his  Shop  under/ 
Grayes-Inne-gate  next  Grayes-Inne-lane./MDCLXXVII./ 

London,  1677. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  [A]2,  B-I4  =  34  leaves. 

Shakespeare's  Antony  and  Cleopatra  was  not  published  separately 
during  the  seventeenth  century ;  this  is  founded  on  the  same  story  but  is 
an  original  play. 

Sedley's  play  was  reprinted  in  1702  as  Beauty  the  Conqueror  or  the 
Death  of  Marc  Antony. 

170.  SHADWELL,  THOMAS,  (16422-1692). 
The/History/of/Timon  of  Athens,/the/Man-Hater./As  it 


Adaptations  of  Shakespeare's  Plays.  75 

is  acted  at  the/Dukes  Theatre./Made  into  a/Play./By  Tho. 
Shad  well. /Licensed,  Feb.  18.  1678/7.  Ro.  L'Estrange./Lon- 
don,/Printed  by  J.  M[artyn]  for  Henry  Herringman,  at  the 
Blue  Anchor,/in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the  New-Exchange, 
i678/  London,  1678. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-M4  =  48  leaves. 

Although  Shadwell  borrowed  extensively  from  Shakespeare,  the  play 
is  entirely  different. 

171.  OTWAY,  THOMAS,  (1652-1685). 

The/History  and  Fall/of/Caius  Marius./A/Tragedy./As 
it  is  Acted  at  the/Duke's  Theatre./By  Thomas  Otway./ [quo- 
tation one  line]/London,/Printed  for  Tho.  Flesher,  at  the 
Angel  and  Crown  ;/in  S.  Paul's  Church-yard.  i68o./ 

London,  1680. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-I4,  K2  =  38  leaves. 

This  was  acted  at  the  Theatre  Royal  in  1692,  1696  and  1703. 

An  adaptation  of  Romeo  and  Juliet  with  the  names  changed  but 
many  lines  copied  verbatim.  Lavinia  and  Caius  Marius,  Jr.,  are  Otway's 
names  for  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

An  extraordinary  mixture  of  Otway  and  Shakespeare.  In  the  Pro- 
logue Otway  calls  Shakespeare,  "The  happiest  poet  of  his  time  and 
best,"  and  goes  on  to  say : 

"And  from  the  crop  of  his  luxuriant  pen 
E'er  since  succeeding  poets  humbly  glean. 
Though  much  the  most  unworthy  of  the  throng 
Our  this  day's  poet  fears  he's  done  him  wrong. 
Like  greedy  beggars  that  steal  sheaves  away, 
You'll  find  he's  rifled  him  of  half  a  play !" 

The  copy  now  belonging  to  Mr.  White  was  used  by  the  prompter  and 
is  carefully  arranged  for  the  stage ;  nearly  20%  of  the  lines  have  been 
cut  out  and  about  a  hundred  side-notes  added  in  an  old  hand,  giving 
directions  for  the  actors,  staging,  etc. 

Betterton,  the  great  actor  of  the  Post-Restoration  period,  acted  the 
part  of  Caius  Marius,  Jr.,  and  delivered  the  Prologue.  Downes  says  of 
Betterton,  "The  part  of  the  King  in  Henry  VIII  was  so  right  and 
justly  done  by  Mr.  Betterton,  he  being  instructed  in  it  by  Sir  William 
[Davenant]  himself,  who  had  it  from  old  Mr.  Lowen,  [an  actor  in 


76  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Shakespeare's  company]  that  had  his  instructions  from  Mr.  Shake- 
speare himself,  that  I  dare,  and  will,  aver  none  can,  or  will,  come  near 
him  in  this  Age  in  the  performance  of  that  part." 

172.  CROWNE,  JOHN,  ( '2-1703'?). 

The/Misery /of /Civil-War./A/Tragedy,/As  it  is  Acted  at 
the/Duke's  Theatre,/By  His  Royal  Highnesses  Servants./ 
Written  by  Mr.  Crown./London,/Printed  for  R.  Bentley,  and 
M.  Magnes,  in  Russel-/Street  in  Covent-Garden,  i68o./ 

London,  1680. 

First  edition ;  4*0 ;  [A]2,  B-K4  =  38  leaves. 

This  is  really  the  second  part  of  Henry  VI  adapted  by  Crowne.  Later 
editions  have  that  title.  Betterton  acted  the  part  of  the  Earl  of  Warwick. 

173.  CROWNE. 

Henry  the  Sixth,/The  First  Part./With  the/Murder/  of 
Humphrey/Duke  of  Glocester./As  it  was  Acted  at  the/Dukes 
Theatre. /Written  by  Mr.  Crown./London,/Printed  for  R. 
Bentley,  and  M.  Magnes,  in  Russel-Street,/in  Covent-Garden. 
1681.  London,  1681. 

First  edition  of  Crowne's  adaptation ;  4*0 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves,  the  last 
probably  blank. 

Part  of  this  is  borrowed  from  Shakespeare's  play  of  the  same  name. 
Betterton  took  the  part  of  the  Duke. 

174.  TATE,  NAHUM,  (1652-1715). 

The /History /of /King /Lear. /Acted  at  the /Duke's 
Theatre./Reviv'd  with  Alterations./By  N.  Tate. /London,/ 
Printed  for  E.  Flesher,  and  are  to  be  sold  by  R.  Bent-/ley,  and 
M.  Magnes  in  Russel-street  near  Covent-Garden,  i68i./ 

London,  1681. 

First  edition ;  4*0 ;  A-I4,  K2  =  38  leaves. 

This  was  very  popular  and  ran  through  several  editions  superseding 
the  genuine  play.  Betterton  acted  Lear  and  Mrs.  Barry,  Cordelia. 

Tate,  in  his  address  to  Thomas  Boteler,  shows  a  curious  naivete  in 
explaining  his  changes  of  Shakespeare's  tragedy,  especially  in  saving 
Cordelia  alive  and  marrying  her  to  Edgar.  He  says  "I  found  the  whole 


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...   a  heap  of  Jewels  unstrung  and  unpolisht;  yet  so  dazling  in 
their  disorder,  that  I  soon  perceiv'd  I  had  seiz'd  a  Treasure." 

Shakespeare's  play  was  not  acted  until  1823,  when  Elliston  played  it 
at  Drury  Lane. 

175.  TATE. 

The/History /of /King  Richard/The  Second./Acted  at  the 
Theatre  Royal,/Under  the  Name  of  the/Sicilian  Usurper./ 
With  a  Prefatory  Epistle  in  Vindication  of  the/Author./Occa- 
sion'd  by  the  Prohibition  of  this/Play  on  the  Stage./By  N. 
Tate./[ quotation  one  line]/London,/Printed  for  Richard 
Tonson,  and  Jacob  Tonson,/at  Grays-Inn  Gate,  and  at  the 
Judges-Head/in  Chancery-Lane  near  Fleet-street,  i68i./ 

London,  1681. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  Title  1  leaf,  A*,  i  leaf  "Song,"  B-H4  =  34  leaves. 
This  play  was  first  called  The  Sicilian  Usurper  and  was  not  allowed 
to  be  acted.  In  his  Preface  Tate  gives  an  account  of  the  matter. 

176.  TATE. 

The/ingratitude/of  a/Common- Wealth  :/Or,  the  Fall  of/ 
Caius  Martius  Coriolanus./As  it  is/Acted/at  the/Theatre- 
Royal. /By  N.  Tate./ [quotation  3  lines] /London,/Printed  by 
T.M.  for  Joseph  Hindmarsh,  at  the  Black-Bull/in  Cornhill. 
i682./  London,  1682. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves. 

Shakespeare's  Coriolanus  first  appeared  in  the  Folio,  1623.  Tate 
adapted  it  with  this  title,  using  much  of  the  original  language  but 
adding  an  entirely  new  fifth  act.  He  refers  to  Shakespeare  in  his  dedi- 
cation to  the  Marquis  of  Worcester. 

Coriolanus  was  exceedingly  popular  during  the  seventeenth  and  eight- 
eenth centuries.  John  Dennis,  James  Thomson,  Thomas  Sheridan,  and 
J.  P.  Kemble  all  adapted  it  to  suit  their  varying  tastes. 

177.  D'URFEY,  THOMAS,  (1653-1723). 

Injured  Princess,/or  the/Fatal  Wager  :/As  it  was  Acted  at 
the/Theater-Royal, /By  His  Majesties  Servants. /By  Tho. 


78  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Durfey,  Gent./  [ornament]  /London  r/Printed  for  R.  Bentley 
and  M.  Magnes  in/Russel-street  in  Covent-Garden,  near  the 
Piazza.  1682.  London,  1682. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  Title  l  leaf,  A  l  leaf,  B-H*  =  30  leaves. 

An  adaptation  of  Cymbeline,  with  some  names  changed  and  the  dia- 
logue and  story  altered.  There  were  various  alterations  made  during 
the  eighteenth  and  nineteenth  centuries. 

178.  RAVENSCROFT,  EDWARD. 

Titus  Andronicus,/Or  the/Rape  of  Lavinia./Acted  at  the/ 
Theatre  Royall,/A  Tragedy,/Alter'd  from  Mr.  Shakespeare 
Works,/By  Mr.  Edw.  Ravenscroft./Licensed,/Dec.  21,  1686. 
R.L.S./London,/Printed  by  J.B.  for  J.  Hindmarsh,  at  the 
Golden-Ball/in  Cornhill,  over  against  the  Royall-Exchange. 
1687.7  London,  1687. 

First  edition ;  4*0 ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 

In  the  Preface  Ravenscroft  says : 

"I  have  been  told  by  some  anciently  conversant  with  the  Stage,  that 
it  was  not  Originally  his  [Shakespeare],  but  brought  by  a  private 
Author  to  be  acted,  and  he  only  gave  some  Master-touches  to  one  or 
two  of  the  Principal  Parts  or  Characters ;  this  I  am  apt  to  believe." 

179.  FAIRY  QUEEN. 

The/Fairy-Queen  :/An/Opera./Represented  at  the  Queen' s- 
Theatre/By  Their/Majesties  Servants. /London, /Printed  for 
Jacob  Tonson,  at  the  Judges-Head, /in  Chancery-Lane.  1692  / 
Where  you  may  have  compleat  Sets  of  Mr.  Dryden's  Works  in 
four  Volumes ;  the/Plays  in  the  order  they  were  Written./ 

London,  1692. 

First  edition;  410;  [A]-G*,  H2  =  3O  leaves:  [Ai]  title;  [A2]  Preface; 
[A3]  Prologue,  verso  blank;  [A4]  Names  of  the  Persons,  verso  blank. 

There  are  two  issues  of  the  first  edition,  differing  only  in  the  pre- 
liminary leaves;  the  second  has:  [Ai]  probably  blank;  [A2]  title; 
[A3]  Preface;  [A4]  Prologue  with  names  of  Persons  on  verso.  The 
work  was  entirely  reprinted  in  the  same  year,  the  second  edition  con- 
taining an  extra  scene  in  Act  I. 

This  opera  was  modelled  on  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  but  the 


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name  of  the  compiler  is  not  known.  It  contains  four  musical  interludes, 
with  dances ;  the  music  was  written  by  Purcell,  the  celebrated  composer. 

180.  LACEY,  JOHN,  (?-i68i). 

Sauny  the  Scott  :/Or,  the/Taming  of  the  Shrew  :/A/Com- 
edy./As  it  is  now  Acted  at  the/Theatre-Royal. /Written  by  J. 
Lacey,  Servant  to/His  Majesty. /And  Never  before  Printed./ 
[quotation  3  lines] /London,  Printed  and  Sold  by  E.  Whit- 
lock,  near  Stationers-Hall.  1698.  London,  1698. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  Title  1  leaf,  B-G*  =  25  leaves. 

This  is  a  burlesque  on  the  Taming  of  the  Shrew ;  some  of  the  names 
are  changed  and  there  are  new  characters  added,  but  the  general  plot 
and  some  of  the  lines  are  the  same.  It  was  first  acted  in  1667,  at  the 
Theatre  Royal.  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew  was  not  played  after  the 
Restoration  until  the  nineteenth  century. 

181.  ClBBER,  COLLEY,    (1671-1757). 

The/Tragical  History/of /King  Richard  III./As  it  is  Acted 
at  the  Theatre  Royal.  By  C.  Gibber./ [quotation  one  line.]/ 
London,/Printed  for  B.  Lintott  at  the  Middle  Temple-Gate, 
in  Elect  \_sic~\  -street,  and/A.  Bettesworth  at  the  Red-Lyon  on 
London-Bridge./ [advertisement  10  lines.]/  London,  n.d. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 

Gibber  made  a  number  of  alterations  in  Shakespeare's  play,  and 
when  it  was  first  acted  the  censor  cut  out  the  entire  first  Act  for  political 
reasons.  It  was  played  in  this  expurgated  condition  for  years.  The 
Epistle  is  dated  1700. 

182.  GILDON,  CHARLES,  (1665-1724). 

Measure  for  Measure, /Or/Beauty /The/Best  Advocate./As 
it  is  Acted/At  the  Theatre  in  Lincolns-Inn-Fields./VVritten 
Originally  by  Mr.  Shakespear:/And  now  very  much  Alter'd; 
With  Additions/of  several  Entertainments  of  Musick./Lon- 
don  .-/Printed  for  D.  Brown,  at  the  Black  Swan  without  Tem- 
ple-Bar; and/R.  Parker  at  the  Unicorn  Under  the  Royal-Ex- 
change/in  Cornhill.  ijoo,/  London,  1700. 


8o  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

First  edition;  4*0;  [A]-G4  =  28  leaves:  [Ai]  half  title;  [A2]  title; 
[A3]  dedication  to  N.  Battersby ;  [ A4]  Prologue,  verso  Epilogue. 

Davenant  first  combined  portions  of  Measure  for  Measure  and  Much 
Ado  and  called  the  play  Lazu  against  Lovers.  This  appeared  in  1673. 
Gildon  took  from  this  the  portions  which  had  been  taken  from  Measure 
for  Measure,  altered  them  somewhat,  added  four  musical  entertain- 
ments, and  published  it  without  acknowledgments  to  anyone.  Betterton 
spoke  the  Prologue,  and  Verbruggen  the  Epilogue  supposed  to  be  by 
Shakespeare's  Ghost. 

183.  GRANVILLE,   GEORGE,   Baron  LANSDOWNE,    (1667- 

1735). 

The/Jew  of  Venice./A/Comedy./As  it  is  Acted  at  the/ 
Theatre  in  Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields,/By/His  Majesty's  Ser- 
vants./London,/Printed  for  Ber.  Lintott  at  the  Post-House/ 
in  the  Middle  Temple-Gate,  Fleetstreet,  1701. /[advertise- 
ment 5  lines]/  London,  1701. 

First  edition;  4to;  [A]-G4  =  28  leaves:  [Ai]  half -title;  [A2]  title; 
[A3]  Advertisement  to  the  Reader;  [A4]  Prologue  and  Dramatis 
Personae. 

This  is  adapted  from  the  Merchant  of  Venice,  and  a  masque,  Peleus 
6?  Thetis,  is  inserted  in  Act  II.  The  profits  of  the  play  were  given  to 
the  family  of  John  Dryden,  who  died  in  reduced  circumstances  in  1700. 
Betterton  and  Mrs.  Bracegirdle  acted  in  it.  Charles  Macklin  revived  the 
original  play  at  Drury  Lane,  Feb.  14,  1741. 

184.  DENNIS,  JOHN,  (1657-1734). 

The/Comical  Gallant  :/Or  the/Amours  of  Sir  John  Fal- 
staffe./A/Comedy./As  it  is  Acted  at  the/Theatre  Royal  in 
Drury-lane./By  his  Majesty's  Servants./By  Mr.  Dennis./To 
which  is  added,/A  large  Account  of  the  Taste  in/Poetry,  and 
the  Causes  of  the/Degeneracy  of  it./London,/Printed,  and 
Sold  by  A.  Baldwin,  near  the  Oxford  Arms  in  War-/wicklane. 
1702.  London,  1702. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A4,  a4,  B-F4,  G6  =  34  leaves,  the  last  probably 
blank. 

This  is  a  poor  adaptation  of  the  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor.  In  the 
dedication  to  George  Granville,  Dennis  for  the  first  time  relates  the 


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tradition  that  the  Merry  Wives  was  written  by  command  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,  in  fourteen  days,  and  that  she  was  greatly  pleased  with  it. 
The  Comical  Gallant  was  not  successful  and  Betterton  played  Falstaff 
in  Merry  Wives  in  1704. 

185.  BURNABY,  CHARLES. 

Love  Betray'd;/Or,  the/Agreable  Disapointment./A/ 
Comedy./As  it  was  Acted  at  the/Theatre  in  Lincolns-Inn- 
Fields./By  the  Author  of  The  Ladies  Visiting-Day./ [quota- 
tion one  line] /London  i/Printed  for  D.  Brown  at  the  Black- 
Swan  without  Temple-Bar, /F.  Coggan  in  the  Inner-Temple- 
Lane,  Fleet-Street,  W.  Davis  at  the/Black-Bull,  and  G. 
Strahan  at  the  Golden-Ball  against  the  Ex-/change  in  Corn- 
hill.  1703.  London,  1703. 

First  edition;  410;  [A]*,  a*,  B-I4  =  40  leaves. 

An  adaptation  of  Twelfth  Night  and  All's  Well  that  ends  Well, 
combined.  In  his  preface  the  adapter  says :  "Part  of  the  Tale  of  this 
Play,  I  took  from  Shakespeare,  and  about  fifty  of  the  lines ;  Those  that 
are  his,  I  have  mark'd  with  Inverted  Commas,  to  distinguish  'em  from 
what  are  mine." 

186.  HAWKINS,  WILLIAM,  (1722-1801). 
Cymbeline./A/Tragedy./Altered  from/Shakespeare./As  it 

is  perform'd  at  the/Theatre-Royal  in  Covent-Garden./By 
William  Hawkins,  M.A./[2  lines /ornament] /London:/ 
Printed  for  James  Rivington  and  James  Fletcher,/at  the  Ox- 
ford Theatre,  in  Pater-noster-row.  MDCCLIX./ [Price  One 
Shilling  and  Six-pence.]/  London,  17JQ. 

First  edition ;  8vo  in  fours ;  A*,  a2,  B-M*,  N2  =  52  leaves. 

187.  GARRICK,  DAVID,  (1717-1779). 

Florizel  and  Perdita  ;/Or/The  Winter's  Tale./A/Dramatic 
Pastoral, /In  Three  Acts. /Altered  f rom / Shakespear. / By 
David  Garrick./As  it  is  performed  at  the/Theatre-Royal  in 
Drury-Lane./ [ornament] /London  :/Printed  for  J.  and  R. 
Tonson,  in  the  Strand./MDCCLXII./  London,  1762. 


82  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

8vo;  A8,  B-E8,  Fx  =  36  leaves. 

This  was  adapted  from  Shakespeare's  Winter's  Tale  by  Garrick,  who 
acted  the  part  of  Leontes  and  also  wrote  and  spoke  the  Prologue ;  Mrs. 
Gibber  acted  Perdita.  The  first  part  of  Shakespeare's  play  was  not  used 
by  Garrick,  who  began  with  the  real  story  of  Perdita;  he  used  Shake- 
speare's text  almost  word  for  word.  The  first  edition  appeared  in  1758, 
and  the  play  was  first  acted  in  1755. 


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Source  Books.  87 

retto  et  con  di-/ligentia  stam-/pato./  [device]  /M.D.XXVII./ 
[Colophon]  /Impresso  in  Firenze  per  li  heredi  di  philippo  di 
Giunta/neir  anno  del  Signore.  M.D.XXVII.  Adi/xiiij.  del 
Mese  daprile./  Florence,  1527. 

Quarto  in  eights;  AA8,  a-z8,  &8,  ?8,  ^8,  A-H8,  I12  =  292  leaves,  AA8 
blank. 

An  edition  of  the  Decameron  in  Italian  was  authorized  to  be  printed 
in  England  in  1587,  but  no  copy  is  known.  The  first  existing  edition  is 
1620.  Boccaccio  was  introduced  to  the  average  Englishman  through  the 
Palace  of  Pleasure,  1566-67. 

It  was  first  translated  into  French  in  1485  and  again  in  1545.  Boc- 
caccio was  the  original  authority  for  the  love  story  in  Cymbeline,  which 
is  based  on  the  ninth  tale  of  the  second  day;  for  the  Bertram-Helena 
story  in  All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  which  appears  in  the  ninth  tale  of 
the  third  day  ;  and  for  the  story  of  the  three  caskets  in  the  Merchant  of 
Venice,  which  is  told  in  the  first  tale  of  the  tenth  day.  However,  the 
Bertram-Helena  plot  is  retold  in  Painter's  Palace  of  Pleasure,  and  the 
story  of  the  caskets  is  also  found  in  the  English  translation  of  the 
Gesta  Romanorum,  so  that  it  is  not  necessary  to  send  Shakespeare  to 
the  original  for  these  two  tales.  As  regards  the  Posthumus-Imogen  love 
story,  which  does  not  occur  in  Holinshed,  from  which  the  rest  of  Cym- 
beline  is  taken,  Shakespeare  may  have  read  the  French  Boccaccio  or 
have  heard  the  tale  through  some  indirect  source.  It  is  always  possible 
that  some  of  his  literary  friends  may  have  told  him  any  one  of  these 
Italian  tales  which  were  so  popular  at  the  time.  Story  telling,  which  was 
a  fine  art  during  the  Middle  Ages,  had  not  entirely  lost  its  charm  in 
the  Elizabethan  days. 


192.  GOWER,  JOHN. 

Jo.  Gower  de/confessione/Aman-/tis./Imprinted  at  Lon- 
don in  Flete-/strete  by  Thomas  Berthe-/lette  Printer  to  the/ 
kingis  grace/AN./M.D.XXXII./Cum  Privilegio./ 

London,  1532. 

Second  edition  ;  folio  ;  black  letter  ;  aa8,  A-Z6,  a-i6  =200  leaves,  the 
last  probably  blank. 

The  first  edition  was  printed  by  Caxton  in  1483  and  is  very  rare. 

The  tale  of  Pericles  under  the  name  of  "Apollonius  of  Tyre"  is 
found  in  the  eighth  book  of  this  collection  of  stories  and  was  used  as 
the  plot  for  Pericles,  where  Gower  himself  is  introduced  as  a  kind  of 
Chorus. 


88  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

193.  PORTO,  LUIGI  DA. 

Rime  et  Prosa/di  Messer  Luigi/da  Porto./Dedicate  al/ 
Reverendis-/simo  Cardinal  /  Bembo.  /  M  D  XXXIX. /Con 
Privelegio./[Colophon]/Stampata  in  Venetia/Per  Francisco 
Marcolini  del  mese  di/Ottobre  nell'  Anno  del  Signore./ 
M.D.XXXIX./  Venice,  1539. 

Second  edition ;  8vo ;  A-E8  =  40  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

The  story  of  Romeo  and  Juliet  appears  as  early  as  1470,  when  Mas- 
succio  wrote  of  these  immortal  lovers.  Da  Porto  says  in  his  introduction 
that  the  story  was  told  him  by  an  archer  named  Pellegrino,  from 
Verona,  "a  good  story-teller  as  all  the  Veronese  are."  After  Da  Porto's 
death  in  1529,  this  small  volume  of  his  writings  was  collected  and 
published  by  his  brother  in  1535.  The  story  as  here  told  contains  the 
names  of  all  the  principal  characters,  Capulet,  Montague,  Romeo, 
Juliet,  Mercutio,  Tybalt,  Friar  Laurence,  and  Peter,  but  all  in  their 
Italian  form;  it  begins  on  leaf  24  and  is  called  La  Giuletta. 

Bandello  wrote  a  version  of  the  story  which  was  published  in  1554 
and  translated  into  French  in  1559>  Arthur  Brooke  used  this  French 
form  for  his  plot  and  Shakespeare  followed  Brooke's  poem  with  some 
additions  from  other  sources. 


194.  HALLE,  EDWARD.  (1499-1547.) 

The  Vni-/on  of  the  two  noble  and  illu-/stre  famelies  of 
Lancastre  &  Yorke,/beeyng  long  in  continual  discension/for 
the  croune  of  this  noble  realme,/with  all  the  actes  done  in 
bothe  the/tymes  of  the  Princes,  bothe  of  the/one  linage  and 
of  the  other,  be-/ginnyng  at  the  tyme  of  kyng/Henry  the 
f  owerth,  the/first  aucthor  of  this/devision,  and  so/successiuely 
/procea-/dyng  to  the  reigne  of  the  high  and/prudent  prince 
kyng  Henry  the/eight,  the  vndubitate  flower/  and  very  heire 
of  both/the  sayd  linages./  1  548.  [Colophon]  Londini/in 
officina  Richardi/Graftoni  Typis/impress./Cum  privilegio  ad 
impri-/mendum  solum./Anno.  M.D.XLVIII.  London,  1548. 


First  edition,  first  issue;  small  folio;  $&  4,  A8,  B-M6,  N8,  O-Z6, 
Aa-Ff6,  Gg8,  Hh-Qq6,  Rr8,  AA-KK6,  aaa-iii6,  kkk8,  AAa-ZZz6,  AAA- 
XXX6  =  638  leaves,  Rr8,  KK6,  kkk8  lacking,  probably  blank. 

The  bibliography  of  the  early  editions  of  this  book  is  very  confused  ; 


Source  Books.  89 

apparently  the  sheets  were  kept  in  stock  and  issued  as  wanted,  with 
occasional  reprintings.  It  has  been  impossible  to  be  sure  that  different 
examples  examined  are  of  the  same  issue  or  even  edition,  but  copies 
with  this  date  are  found  in  several  large  libraries  in  England  and 
America. 

This  is  one  of  the  Chronicles  of  English  History  which  Shakespeare 
used  for  the  sources  of  his  English  plays.  The  fourth  edition  was  sup- 
pressed by  act  of  Parliament  in  1555  and  most  of  it  destroyed. 


195.  PRIMER  OF  HENRY  VIII. 

The  Pri-/mer,  in  Englishe/and  Latyn,/set  foorth  by  the 
Kynges/maiestie  and  his  Clergie  to  be  taught/learned,  and 
read:  and  none  other/ to  be  vsed  throughout  all  his/domin- 
ions./Imprinted  at/London  within  the  precinct  of/the  late 
dissolued  house  of  the/Gray  friers  by  Richard  Grafton/ 
Printer  to  the  Princes  grace,/the.  VI.  daye  of  Septembre,/the 
yeare  of  our  lorde./M.D.XLV./Cum  priuilegio  ad  im-/pri- 
mendum  sol  urn./  London,  1545. 

Quarto;  black  letter;  A8,  B4,  C4,  a-v8=  176  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

Only  three  copies  are  known :  i ,  B.M. ;  2,  Huntington ;  3,  Morgan. 

The  first  edition  was  issued  May  29,  1545  and  there  were  three  other 
editions  in  that  year. 

This  is  the  famous  authorized  Primer  of  the  Church  of  England 
printed  in  English  for  the  use  of  the  congregation  and  schools.  It 
was,  in  fact,  the  Prayer  book  of  the  laity. 

196.  HORN-BOOK. 

^  A  abcdefghiklmnop/qr/stuwxyz&.  a  e  I  6  ii/A.B.C.D.E. 
F.G.H.I.K.L.M.N.O./P.Q.R.S.T.U.W.X.Y.Z./a  e  i  o  u  a  e 
i  o  u/ab  eb  ib  ob  ub  ba  be  bi  bo  bu/ac  ec  ic  oc  uc  ca  ce  ci  co 
cu/ad  ed  id  od  ud  da  de  di  do  du/af  ef  if  of  uf  fa  fe  fi  fo 
fu/Cjn  the  Name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the/Sonne,  and  of 
the  holy  Ghost.  Amen./Our  Father  which  art  in/heauen.  Hal- 
owed  bee  thy/name.  Thy  kingdome  come/Thy  will  be  done 
in  earth  as  it  is/at  heauen.  Giue  vs  this  day  our/daily  bread. 
And  forgiue  vs  our/trespasses  as  wee  forgiue  them/that  tres- 


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passe  against  vs.  And/leade  vs  not  into  Temptation/But  de- 
liuer  vs  from  euil.  Amen.  N.d. 

A  sheet  of  paper  or  vellum  laid  on  a  small  wooden  board  shaped  like 
a  battledore  with  a  sheet  of  thin  horn  fastened  over  it  to  protect  it 
from  children's  hands.  This  is  the  way  in  which  children  learned  their 
letters  and  the  Lord's  Prayer  from  the  invention  of  printing  till  the 
eighteenth  century.  The  alphabet  does  not  contain  /  or  v,  though  initial 
v  was  generally  used  before  1600  in  England  with  the  medial  u.  Both 
the  long  and  short  s  are  found  in  the  alphabet.  Early  horn-books  are  ex- 
tremely rare  and  seldom  found  in  good  condition. 
This  one  is  in  the  library  of  Mr.  G.  A.  Plimpton. 
Shakespeare  learned  his  letters  from  a  horn-book  and  refers  to  one 
in  Loves  Labors  Lost,  V,  i,  lines  48-60. 
"Arm.     Monsieur,  are  you  not  lettred? 
Moth.  Yes,  yes ;  he  teaches  boys  the  hornbook. 

What  is  a,b,  spelt  backward,  with  the  horn  on  his  head? 
Hoi.     Ba,  pueritia,  with  a  horn  added. 

Moth.  Ba,  most  silly  sheep  with  a  horn.  You  hear  his  learning. 
Hoi.      Quis,  quis,  thou  consonant"? 
Moth.  The  third  of  the  five  vowels,  if  you  repeat  them ;  or  the  fifth, 

if  I. 

Hoi.      I  will  repeat  them, — a,e,i, — 
Moth.  The  sheep.  The  other  two  concludes  it, — o,  u." 

197.  ABC  BOOK. 

Alphabeth  &  Instruction  des  Chrestiens./     [Paris,  c.  1550.] 

Octavo ;  CL>  8  leaves. 

In  the  library  of  Mr.  G.  A.  Plimpton. 

This  was  the  first  reading-book  for  children  and  followed  directly 
after  the  Horn-book.  It  contained  religious  training  and  the  catechism. 
Some  fragments  of  sixteenth  century  ABC  with  the  catechism  in  English 
are  found  in  England  but  none  issued  during  the  reign  of  Elizabeth, 
though  records  of  the  Stationers  Company  show  that  John  Daye  ob- 
tained Letters  Patent  for  the  sole  privilege  of  printing  "the  ABC  with 
the  little  Catachisme  sett  forth  by  her  Maiesties  Iniunctions  for  the 
Instruccon  of  Children"  in  1577.  The  one  described  above  is  a  French 
ABC  printed  in  Latin  and  French  and  is  the  type  of  book  Shakespeare 
must  have  used. 

Shakespeare  refers  to  an  ABC  in  King  John,  I,  i,  192-200.  See  also 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona,  II,  i,  23,  though  this  may  refer  to  a  Horn- 
book. 


Source  Books.  91 

198.  WILSON,  THOMAS.  (15251-1581.) 

The  Arte/of  Rhetorique,  for  the/vse  of  all  suche  as  are 
stu-/dious  of  Eloquence,  sette/forth  in  English,  by/thomas/ 
Wilson./Anno  Domini./M.D.LIII./Mense  lanuariij./ [Colo- 
phon] Richardus  Graftonus,  typogra-/phus  Regius  excudebat. 

London,  1553. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  2  leaves  without  signature-marks,  A4,  a-c4,  D4,  e4, 
F4,  G4,  h4,  i4,  K4,  I4,  m4,  N4,  o-q4,  R4,  s-z4,  Aa-Hh4  =  130  leaves. 

Five  copies  are  known :  1 ,  B.M. ;  2,  U.L.C. ;  3,  Clawson ;  4,  Hunting- 
ton;  5,  Plimpton. 

"That  Shakespeare  not  only  read,  but  availed  himself  professionally 
of  Wilson's  Rhetorique  will  be  evident  from  a  Passage  quoted  by  Mr. 
Chalmers  from  this  critic,  in  support  of  a  similar  opinion."  See  Drake's 
Shakespeare,  Vol.  1,  page  473,  where  the  characters  of  Timon  and 
Dogberry  are  traced  to  Wilson. 

199.  WITHALS,  JOHN. 

A  shorte  Dictio-/narie  for/yonge/be-/gynners./Gathered 
of  good/authours,  spe-/cially/of/Columel,  Grapald,/and 
Plini./Anno.  M.D.LIII.  [in  a  woodcut  border].  [Colophon]/ 
Imprinted  at  London/In  Fletestrete  in  the/House  of  Tho-/ 
mas  Berthelet.  London,  1553. 

First  edition  (?);  410;  black  letter;  A-Z4  =  g2  leaves,  Z4  blank  and 
genuine. 

As  far  as  is  known  this  is  the  first  edition  and  the  only  known  copy 
belongs  to  Mr.  White,  it  was  formerly  Mr.  Huth's.  Ames  and  Herbert 
both  mention  an  edition  by  Caxton  and  de  Worde,  but  no  trace  of  such 
edition  survives  and  as  Withals  refers  to  Sir  Thomas  Elyot's  Boke  of 
the  Gouverneur  in  his  dedication,  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  this 
Dictionary  was  not  issued  until  after  Elyot's  book  appeared  from  the 
press  of  Berthelet  in  1531.  The  Dictionary  contains  many  words  which 
are  defined  in  the  unusual  sense  in  which  Shakespeare  uses  them  and  it 
it  probable  that  he  was  familiar  with  one  of  the  many  editions  of  this 
well-known  text-book. 

200.  BANDELLO,  MATEO.  (1480-1562.) 

La  Prima  Parte  [La  Seconde  Parte]/de  le  Novelle/del/ 
Bandello./In  Lucca  per  II  Busdrago/M.D.LIIII./ 

Lucca,  1554. 


92  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

First  edition;  2  vols. ;  410  in  eights;   [Vol.  I]  A-Z8,  Aa-Zz8  = 
leaves  including  engraved  title  Ai :   [Vol.  II]  A-Z8,  AA-ZZ8,  AAA- 
CCC8  =  392  leaves  including  engraved  title  Ai. 

Warton  quotes  Bishop  Tanner  as  mentioning  an  English  edition  of 
Bandello's  Novelle  by  W.W.  in  1580,  but  no  such  work  is  now  known. 

Bandello's  work  was  translated  from  the  Italian  into  French  by 
Francois  de  Belief orest  as  Les  Histoires  Tragiques  in  1559,  and  it  is 
quite  certain  that  Shakespeare  knew  the  French  version  and  consulted  it. 
It  is  doubtful  whether  he  knew  enough  Italian  to  read  the  original. 
Bandello  was  the  original  source  of  Twelfth  Night  (Novelle  36), 
Romeo  and  Juliet  (Novelle  9),  Much  Adoe  about  Nothing  (Novelle 
20). 

Painter's  Palace  of  Pleasure,  1566-67,  is,  however,  the  first  English 
translation  of  nearly  all  the  Italian  stories  which  were  used  by  the 
Elizabethans,  and  Shakespeare  must  have  been  very  familiar  with 
Painter. 


201.  GIOVANNI  FIORENTINO. 

II  Pecorone  di/Ser  Giovanni  Fioren-/tino,  nel  quale  si/con- 
tengono  Cinquanta/Novelle  Antiche,/Belle  d'Inventione/et 
di  Stile./ [device] /In  Milano/Appresso  di  Giouann'  Antonio 
degli  Antonij./MDLIIII./  Milan,  1554. 

Octavo;  A8,  *5  inserted  between  [A2]  &  [A3],  B-Z8,  AA-EE8, 
FF4  =  233  leaves. 

This  collection  of  novels  was  written  in  1378  and  was  not  translated 
into  French  or  English  in  Shakespeare's  time. 

The  first  Novel  of  the  fourth  Day  contains  the  first  account  of  the 
Jew  demanding  a  pound  of  flesh  from  his  Christian  debtor  and  also 
mentions  the  incident  of  the  ring  and  the  name  "Belmonte."  A  similar 
story  was  told  in  the  Gesta  Romanorum,  a  collection  of  medieval  tales 
which  was  translated  into  English  and  ran  through  several  editions 
between  1579  and  1600,  but  that  version  does  not  have  the  story  of  the 
ring  nor  the  name,  so  that  Shakespeare  must  have  followed  Giovanni 
either  directly,  or  through  the  medium  of  some  play  now  lost,  for  some 
incidents  of  The  Merchant  of  Venice. 

202.  HOWARD,  HENRY,  Earl  of  SURREY,  and  Sir  THOMAS 
WYATT. 

Songes  and  Sonettes,/written  by  the  ryght  honorable  Lorde 


Source  Books.  93 

/Henry  Haward  late  Earle  of  Sur-/rey,  and  other./Apud 
Richardum  Tottel. 71557. /Cum  priuilegio./  [Colophon] /Im- 
printed at  London  in  flete  strete/within  Temple  barre,  at  the 
sygne  of  the/hand  and  starre,  by  Richard  Tottel/the  fift  day 
of  June./An.  1557. /Cum  priuilegio  ad  impri-/mendum 
solum./  London,  June,  1557. 

First  edition;  4to;  A-Z4,  Aa-Dd4=io8  leaves,  the  last  probably 
blank. 

This  is  the  first  collection  of  love  poems  printed  in  English  and  was 
very  popular;  it  ran  through  at  least  nine  editions  before  1600  and 
only  one  of  them  is  known  by  more  than  five  copies.  We  give  a  list  of 
these  editions  with  the  owners  of  the  copies : 

A.  June,  1557.  Bodl.  (Tanner  copy). 

B.  July,  1557.  (Without  fl  before  "Songes"  on  title)   1,  B.M. ;  2, 
White  (Singer-Tite-Rowfant  copy). 

C.  July,  1557.  (With  fl  before  "Songes,"  a  duplicate  setting  up  of 
type  from  the  second  edition)    1,  T.C.C. ;  2,  Pforzheimer   (Britwell 
copy). 

D.  1559.  i,  B.M.;  2,  Holford. 

E.  1565.  i,  Bodl.;  2,  Britwell  (Heber  copy)  ;  3,  Palmer. 

F.  1567.  i,  Rylands;  2,  Glasgow  (Hunterian  Mus.)  ;  3,  Morgan;  4, 
Lefferts  (now  untraced). 

G.  1574.  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl.;  3,  Britwell  (Heber  copy);  4,  Clawson 
(Hagen  copy)  ;  5,  Huntington  (Chew  copy). 

H.  1585.  1-2,  B.M. ;  3,  T.C.C. ;  4,  Folger  ( Way-Adee-Hoe-Hunting- 
ton  copy)  ;  5,  Huntington  (Rowfant-Chew  copy)  ;  6,  Morgan. 

I.  1587.  i,  Bodl.;  2,  Huntington  (Bridgewater  copy);  3,  Pforz- 
heimer (Huth  copy). 

The  first  edition  has  30  poems  not  in  the  later  editions.  The  second 
has  instead  39  poems  not  in  the  first.  This  popular  collection  of  poems 
was  familiar  to  Shakespeare,  who  quotes  a  verse  from  it  in  Hamlet, 
V,  i,  102: 

"First  Clown :  A  pick-axe,  and  a  spade,  a  spade, 
For  and  a  shrouding  sheet 
O,  a  pit  of  clay  for  to  be  made 
For  such  a  guest  is  meet." 

and  refers  to  it  in  Merry  Wives,  I,  i,  206 : 

"Slender:  I  had  rather  than  forty  shillings,  I  had 
my  Book  of  Songs  and  Sonnets  here." 


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203.  BOAISTUAU,  PIERRE,  and  FRANCOIS  DE  BELLEFOREST. 
Histoires/Tragiques/Extraictes  des/OEuures  Italiennes  de 

/Bandel,  &  mises  en  nostre  lanque  /  Francoise,  par  Pierre 
Boaistuau  sur-/nomme  Launay,  natif  de  Bretaigne./[2  lines/ 
device] /A  Paris, /Pour  Vincent  Sertenas  tenant  sa  boutique  au 
Palais,  en/la  galerie  par  ou  on  va  a  la  Chancellerie :  Et  a  la 
rue/neufue  Nostre  dame,  a  1'eseigne  S.  lean  1'Euageliste./ 
1559,/Auec  Priuilege./[with]  Continuation/des  Histoi-/res 
Tragiques,  ex-/traites  de  1'Italien  de/Bandel,  mises  en  lanque 
Fran-/coise,  par  Francois  de  Belle-/Forest  Commingeois./[2 
lines/device] /A  Paris,/Pour  Vincent  Sertenas,  tenant  sa 
boutique  au/Palais,  en  la  gallerie  par  ou  on  va  a  la  Chan-/ 
cellerie:  Et  a  la  rue  neufue  Nostre  dame, /a  1'enseigne  sainct 
lean  l'Euangeliste/i559./Avec  Privilige  du  Roy./ 

Paris,  1559. 

2  vols.;  8vo;  [Vol.  I]  *4,  a-x8,  y4=  176  leaves:  [Vol.  II]  a8,  a-z8, 
A-Q8  =  320  leaves,  Q8  blank. 

This  is  a  French  translation  of  Bandello  and  was  used  by  Painter, 
who  introduced  many  of  the  stories  into  English,  also  by  Fenton,  Tur- 
bervile,  Rich  and  others. 

204.  HOLY  BIBLE. 

The  Bible/and/Holy  Scriptures/conteyned  in/the  Olde 
and  Newe/Testament./Translated  accor-/ding  to  the  Ebrue 
and  Greke,  and  conferred  With/the  best  translations  in  diuers 
langages  [j*V]/With  moste  profitable  annota-/tions  vpon  all 
the  hard  places,  and  other  things  of  great/importance  as  may 
appeare  in  the  Epistle  to  the  Reader./At  Geneva./Printed  by 
Rouland  Hall./M.D.LX.  Geneva,  1560. 

First  edition;  410;  **4,  a-z4,  A-Z4,  Aa-Zz4,  &6,  Aaa-Zzz4,  Aaaa- 
Zzzz4,  Aaaaa-Bbbbb4,  AA-ZZ*,  AAa-LLl4  =  6i4  leaves,  with  26  en- 
gravings in  the  text  and  5  maps  on  separate  leaves. 

Translated  by  W.  Whittingham  and  others  at  Geneva  and  paid  for 
by  members  of  the  congregation  at  Geneva.  The  Old  Testament  is 
based  largely  on  the  Great  Bible  (1539). 

This  is  the  first  edition  of  the  famous  Genevan  Bible.  It  was  the 
household  Bible  of  Elizabethan  times  and  ran  through  60  editions  in 


Source  Books.  95 

her  reign.  It  is  sometimes  called  the  "Breeches  Bible"  from  the  use  of 
the  word  in  Genesis,  III,  7.  Shakespeare's  quotations  show  that  he  was 
familiar  with  this  translation. 

205.  HOLY  BIBLE. 
The/holie/Bible/conteynyng  the  olde/Testament  and  the 

newe./  [Colophon]  Imprinted  at  London  in  powles  Church- 
yarde  by  Richarde  lugge,  printer  to  the  Queenes  Maiestie. 

London,  [1568]. 

First  edition ;  folio ;  black  letter ;  8  leaves  without  signature-marks, 
*10,  *8,  A-Q8,  A-Y8,  Z10,  A-E8,  F6,  G-Z8,  Aa8,  Bb12,  A-O8,  P6,  A-T8, 
V6  =  818  leaves. 

This  is  really  a  revision  of  the  Great  Bible  and  is  known  as  Parker's 
Bible  or  the  Bishops'  Bible.  There  is  evidence  to  show  that  Shakespeare 
was  also  familiar  with  this  translation,  which  was  the  one  authorized 
to  be  read  in  church. 

206.  CHAUCER,  GEOFFREY.  (1340^-1400.) 

The  woorkes  of  Geffrey  Chau-/cer,  newly  printed,  with 
diuers  ad-/dicions,  whiche  were  neuer  in  printe  before:  With 
the  siege  and/destruccion  of  the  worthy  citee  of  Thebes,  com- 
piled/by Jhon  Lidgate,  Monke  of  Berie./As  in  the  table  more 
plainly /dooeth  appere./ [woodcut  coat-of-arms] /Virtue 
florisheth  in  Chaucer  still,/Though  death  of  hym,  hath 
wrought  his  will./  [Colophon]  Imprinted  at  Lon-/don,  by 
Jhon  Kyngston,  for  Jhon/Wight,  dwelling  in  Poules/Church- 
yarde./Anno.  ifoi./  London,  1561. 

Fourth  collected  edition,  second  issue ;  folio ;  black  letter ;  £%)  4,  A6, 
B-U8,  Aa-Pp6,  O-T6,  U8,  X8,  Y6,  Z6,  Aaa-Ttt6,  Uuu8  =  388  leaves. 

There  are  three  issues  of  this  edition:  1,  With  23  woodcuts  in  the 
Prologue  and  with  Grafton's  arms  on  title;  2,  Without  any  woodcuts 
but  with  Grafton's  arms ;  3,  Without  woodcuts  and  with  Chaucer's  arms 
substituted  for  Grafton's  on  title. 

The  first  edition  of  the  Canterbury  Tales  was  printed  by  Caxton 
about  1478;  the  first  complete  edition  of  Chaucer's  works  (lacking  the 
Ploughman's  Tale)  appeared  in  1532. 

Shakespeare  was  familiar  with  the  Canterbury  Tales  and  traces  of 
them  are  found  in  Lucrece,  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  and  Titus 


96  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Andronicus;  the  story  of  Troilus  and  Cressida  is  taken  from  Chaucer 
rather  than  from  the  Iliad.  In  the  edition  of  Chaucer  shown  here,  which 
is  the  one  probably  used  by  Shakespeare,  The  Testament  of  Creseide 
by  Robert  Henryson  is  included  and  Shakespeare  refers  to  this  tale  in 
Henry  V,  II,  i,  where  he  says : 

"to  the  spital  go, 

And  from  the  powdering-tub  of  infamy 
Fetch  forth  the  lazar  kite  of  Cressid's  kind." 

This  edition  was  edited  by  John  Stow,  the  historian. 

207.  BROOKE,  ARTHUR.  (*?- 1563.) 

The  Tragicall  His-/torye  of  Romeus  and  luliet,  writ-/ten 
first  in  Italian  by  Bandell,/and  nowe  in  Englishe  by/Ar.  Br./ 
In  sedibus  Richard!  Tottelli/Cum  Priuilegio./  [Colophon]  Im- 
printed at  London  in/Fletestrete  within  Temble  [jzV]  barre 
at/ the  signe  of  the  hand  and  starre,  by/Richard  Tottill  the 
.xix.  day  of/Nouember,  An.  do.  1562.  London,  1562. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  black  letter ;  f,  A-K8,  L4  =  88  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl. ;  2,  T.C.C. 

Brooke  founded  this  poem  on  Boaistuau-Belleforest's  Histoires  Tra- 
gigues,  1559>  but  the  story  is  older  than  that  and  appears  in  Masuccio, 
1476.  Shakespeare  used  Brooke's  poem  but  probably  consulted  other 
English  versions  for  his  Romeo  and  Juliet.  He  also  copied  some  points 
from  Brooke  in  his  Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona.  Brooke  developed  the 
character  of  the  Nurse  in  Romeo  and  made  changes  from  the  French 
version,  especially  in  the  conclusion  of  the  tale,  and  Shakespeare  fol- 
lowed him,  enlarging  some  of  the  suggestions  but  not  changing  the 
course  of  the  story. 

208.  BROOKE. 

[Tragical  History  of  Romeus  and  Juliet]  [Colophon]  Im- 
printed at  London  in/Fletestrete  with!  Teple  barre,  at/the 
signe  of  the  band  &  starre  by/Richard  Tottill  the  xix  day /of 
Noueber.  An.  do.  1567.  London,  1567. 

Second  edition ;  8vo ;  .   .  .  ,  A-K8,  L4  =  84  leaves  in  this  copy. 

There  is  only  one  copy  known  of  the  second  edition  and  that  lacks 
title  and  introductory  matter,  the  date  is  given  in  the  colophon.  It 
belongs  to  Mr.  White. 


Source  Books.  97 

209.  PSALMS. 

The  whole  psalmes  in  foure  partes,  whiche/may  be  song  to 
al  musicall  instrumentes,  set  forth  for/  the  encrease  of  vertue: 
and  abolishying  of  other/vayne  and  triflyng  ballades./Im- 
printed  at  London  by  John  Day,/dwelling  ouer  Aldersgate, 
beneath/Saynt  Martyns./Cum  gratia  et  priuilegio  Regiae 
Maiestatis./per  septennium./  1563.7  London,  1563. 

4  vols.  ;  oblong  8vo  ;  black  letter. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M.  ;  2,  Britwell  (Heber  copy,  now 
untraced)  ;  3,  White  (Tenor  part  only). 

This  is  Sternhold's  versified  arrangement  of  the  Psalms,  first  pub- 
lished about  1549,  and  commonly  used  in  Shakespeare's  time  as  hymn- 
books  are  now.  The  first  words  of  the  137th  Psalm,  "When  as  I  sat  in 
Babylon,"  are  sung  by  Sir  Hugh  Evans,  the  Welsh  parson,  in  Merry 
Wives  of  Windsor,  III,  i.  This  book  has  four  different  tunes  for  this 
Psalm.  John  Day  had  a  monopoly  of  printing  psalm  tunes.  The  four 
parts  are  Tenor,  Contratenor,  Medius  and  Bassus. 

210.  GlRALDI  -  ClNTHIO,      GlOVANNI      BATTISTA.       (1504- 
1573-) 

De   Gli/Hecatommithi/Di   M.   Giovan   Battista/Gyraldi 
Cinthio/Nobile  Ferrarese./Parte  Prima/  [device]  /Nel  Monte 
Regale/Appresso  Lionardo  Torrentino/M  D  LXV. 
[With] 

La  Seconde  Parte/de  Gli  Hecatommithi/di  M.  Giovan. 
Battista/Giraldi  Cinthio/Nobile  Ferrarese./Nella  quale  si 
contengono  tre  Dialoghi  /  della  uita  ciuile/  [device]  /Nel 
Monte  Regale/Appresso  Lionardo  Torrentino/M  D  LXV./ 

1565. 


2  vols.;  8vo;  [Vol.  I]  a8,  *8,  a-e8,  a-z8,  aa-zz8,  aaa-1118, 
leaves,  *8  blank;  [Vol.  II]   **8,  ***8,  A-Z8,  Aa-Zz8,  Aaa-Hhh8,  lii4, 
*8  =  460  leaves,  ***4,  Ggg8,  and  *8  are  blank  and  genuine. 

The  seventh  Novel  of  the  Third  Decade  is  the  foundation  story  of 
Othello.  Gli  Hecatommithi  was  not  translated  into  English  during 
Shakespeare's  lifetime,  but  a  French  translation  was  published  about 
1583.  Shakespeare  had  a  fair  knowledge  of  French  and  he  lodged  for 
some  time  with  a  Huguenot  refugee,  a  wig  maker.  Cinthio  gave  the 


98  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

name  of  Desdemona  to  his  heroine,  but  none  of  the  other  characters 
have  names.  Othello  is  called  "A  Moorish  Captain." 

Whetstone's  play  and  story  of  Promos  and  Cassandra,  on  which 
Shakespeare  based  Measure  for  Measure,  were  founded  on  Novel  5  of 
Decade  8  of  the  Hecatommithi. 

211.  GOLDING,  (ARTHUR).  (1536?- 1605?) 

The  XV.  Bookes/of  P.  Ouidius  Naso,  entytuled/Meta- 
morphosis,  translated  oute  of /Latin  into  English  meeter,  by 
Ar-/thur  Golding  Gentleman,/A  worke  very  pleasaunt/and 
delectable./With  skill,  heede,  and  iudgement,  this  worke  must 
be  read,/For  else  to  the  Reader  it  standes  in  small  stead./ 
[Lord  Leicester's  arms]  /1567/Impryn ted  at  London,  by/ 
Willyam  Seres./  London,  1567. 

First  complete  edition ;  410 ;  black  letter ;  a4,  b4,  A4,  B-Y8,  Aa-Dd8  = 
212  leaves. 

Four  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl.;  3,  U.L.C. ;  4,  Folger 
(Halliwell-Perry  copy). 

It  is  probable  that  Shakespeare  was  familiar  with  this  translation 
of  Ovid,  as  Prospero's  incantation  in  The  Tempest,  V,  i,  33,  etc.,  shows 
a  marked  resemblance  to  parts  of  it.  There  are  also  points  in  Mid- 
summer Night's  Dream  and  Venus  and  Adonis  which  seem  to  point 
to  this  particular  translation. 

Golding  published  the  first  four  books  in  1565  and  the  complete 
edition  in  1567. 

212.  PAINTER,  WILLIAM.  (1525^-1594.) 

The  Palace  of  Pleasure/Beautified,  adorned  and/well  fur- 
nished, with  Plea-/saunt  Histories  and  excellent/Nouelles, 
selected  out  of/diuers  good  and  commen-/dable  Authors./By 
William  Painter  Clarke  of  the/Ordinaunce  and  Armarie./ 
[device]/i566/Imprinted  at/London,  by  Henry  Denham,/ 
for  Richard  Tottell  and  William  lones./ 
[With] 

The  second  Tome/of  the  Palace  of  Pleasure, /conteyning 
manifold  store  of  goodly/Histories,  Tragicall  matters,  and/ 
other  Morall  argument, /very  requisite  for  de-/light  &  profit./ 


Source  Books.  99 

Chosen  and  selected  out  of/diuers  good  and  commen-/dable 
Authors. /By  William  Painter,  Clarke  of  the/Ordinance  and 
Armarie./Anno.  1567. /Imprinted  at  London,  in/Pater  Noster 
Rowe,  by  Henrie/Bynneman,  for  Nicholas/England. 

London,  1566-67. 

First  edition;  2  vols.;  410;  black  letter;  [Vol.  I]  *4,  C.4,  HH4,  M2, 
A-Z4,  Aa-Nn4,  Oo1,  Aaa-Zzz4,  Aaaa-Mmmm4,  )  (2  =  30i  leaves;  [Vol. 
II]  *4,  **4,  ***2,  A-Z4,  Aa-Zz4,  AAa-ZZz4,  AAAa-ZZZz4,  AAAAa- 
PPPPp4  =  438  leaves. 

Vol.  I  contains  60  Novelles  and  is  dedicated  to  Ambrose  Dudley,  Earl 
of  Warwick;  Vol.  II  contains  34  Novelles  and  is  dedicated  to  Sir 
George  Howard. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  important  books  of  the  period,  as  it  is  the 
first  translation  into  English  of  the  stories  found  in  Boccaccio,  Ban- 
dello  and  other  Italian  novelists.  All  the  Elizabethan  writers  drew 
from  Painter  and  the  few  copies  of  the  first  edition  which  survive  show 
that  the  book  was  literally  read  to  pieces.  Miss  Scott  gives  full  informa- 
tion upon  the  subject  in  her  excellent  work  on  Elizabethan  Transla- 
tions.* Shakespeare  used  Painter  as  the  foundation  story  of  All's  Well 
that  Ends  Well  (Novelle  38)  and  also  drew  from  it  for  Timon  of 
Athens  (Novelle  28)  ;  Lucrece  (Novelle  2)  ;  and  Romeo  and  Juliet 
(Novelle  25). 

213.  HELIODORUS,  Bishop  of  Tricca. 

An  ^Ethio-/pian  Historic  written  in/Greeke  by  Heliodorus : 
/very  wittie  and  plea-/saunt,  Englished  by/Thomas  Vnder-/ 
doune./With  the  Argumente  of  euery/Booke,  sette  before  the 
whole/VVoorke. /Imprinted  at  London,  by/Henrie  Wykes, 
for  Fraunces  Gol-/docke,  dwellinge  in  Powles  Churche-/ 
yarde,  at  the  signe  of  the/greene  Dragon./ 

London,  [c.  1569]. 

First  edition;  410;  black  letter;  fl4,  A-Z4,  Aa-Oo4,  Pp2=i54  leaves, 
the  last  probably  blank.  Title  in  ornamental  border. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl.;  2,  Britwell  (now  untraced). 

The  first  edition  is  undated  and  appeared  about  1569;  it  was  re- 
printed in  1577  and  1587.  Thomas  Underdowne  translated  it  from  the 
Latin  version;  the  original  Greek  was  written  about  300  A.D.  Shake- 

*  Scott,  Mary  A.,  Elizabethan  Translations  from  the  Italian.  New  York,  1916. 


1OO  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

speare  must  have  read  one  of  the  early  editions,  as  he  refers  to  it  in 
Twelfth  Night,  V,  i,  120-123. 

"Duke:  Why  should  I  not,  had  I  the  heart  to  do  it, 
Like  to  the  Egyptian  thief  at  point  of  death, 
Kill  what  I  love?  a  savage  jealousy 
That  sometime  savours  nobly." 

In  Heliodorus'  romance  the  robber  Thyamis  purposed  to  kill  Chari- 
clea,  whom  he  loved,  rather  than  to  lose  her. 

214.  PRESTON,  THOMAS.  (1537-1598.) 

A  lamentable  tragedy/mixed  ful  of  pleasant  mirth,  con- 
teyning  the  life  of/Cambises  king  of  Percia,  from  the  begin- 
ning/of his  kingdome  vnto  his  death,  his  one  good  deed  of 
ex-/ecution,  after  that  many  wicked  deeds/and  tirannous 
murders,  committed  by  and/through  him,  and  last  of  all,  his 
odious/death  by  Gods  Justice  appoin-/ted.  Doon  in  such  order 
as/foloweth.  By/Thomas  Preston./ [ornament]  The  diuision 
of  the  partes.  [diagram  of  parts  apportioned  to  each  actor,  21 
lines]/  [Colophon] /Imprinted  at  London  by  lohn  Allde. 

London,  (1570?). 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

Four  copies  are  known :  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  L.  of  C. ;  4,  Huntington 
(Rowf ant-Church  copy). 

The  second  edition  was  printed  by  Edward  Allde,  John's  son;  it  is 
also  undated.  The  play  was  written  about  1569. 

In  Henry  IF,  Part  I,  II,  iv,  Falstaff  says : 

"I  must  speak  in  passion  and  I  will  do  it  in  King  Cambyses  vein." 

215.  GASCOIGNE,  GEORGE.  (1525*?- 1577.) 

ff  A  Hundreth  sun-/drie  Flowres  bounde/vp  in  one  small 
Poesie./Gathered  partely/(by  transla-/tion)  in  the  fyne  out- 
landish Gardins/of  Euripides,  Quid,  Petrarke,  Ariosto,/and 
others:  and  partly  by  inuention./out  of  our  owne  fruitefull 
Or-/chardes  in  Englande  :/Yelding  sundrie  sweete  sauours  of 
Tra-/gical,  Comical,  and  Morall  Discour-/ses,  bothe  pleasant 
and  profitable  to  the/well  smelling  noses  of  lear?/ned  Readers, 
/[quotation  one  line] /At  London,/Imprinted  for  Richarde 
Smith./  London,  [1572]. 


Source  Books.  101 

First  edition;  4to;  black  letter;  A4,  B2,  C-X4,  A-Y4,  Aa-Ii4  =  2o6 
leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

This  was  doubtless  printed  by  Henry  Bynneman.  The  second  edition 
appeared  in  1575  with  title  The  Posies  of  George  Gascoigne. 

The  book  contains  a  prose  translation  of  Ariosto's  Italian  comedy,  Gli 
Suppositi,  and  to  it  Shakespeare  owes  some  points  in  The  Taming  of 
the  Shrew. 

Gascoigne  was  the  first  man  to  write  both  comedy  and  tragedy  in 
English.  Supposes  is  the  earliest  extant  comedy  in  English  prose  and  his 
tragedy  Jocasta  is  the  second  English  play  in  blank  verse.  Both  plays 
were  acted  at  Gray's  Inn. 


216.  MANTUANUS,    F.    BAPTISTE    (SPAGNUOLI).    (1448- 


Baptistae  Man-/tuani  Carmelitae  theo/logi  adolescentia, 
seu  Bu-/colica,  breuibus  Io-/doci  Badij  commentarijs  illus- 
trata./[6  lines/Marsh's  device,  McK.  i67]/Londini/Apud 
Thomam  Marsh./Anno  M.D.LXXIII.  ffCum  Priuilegio 
Regiae  Maiestatie./  London,  1573. 

Small  8vo;  A-N8=  104  leaves,  the  last  doubtless  blank. 

Mantuanus'  work  with  the  commentary  by  Badius  was  used  as  a 
schoolbook  in  England  and  on  the  continent  and  Shakespeare  refers  to 
him  in  Loves  Labors  Lost,  IV,  ii,  95,  where  he  says  : 

"Holofernes.  Fauste,  precor,  gelida  quando  pecus  omne  sub  umbra 
Ruminat,  —  and  so  forth.  Ah,  good  old  Mantuan  !  I  may  speak  of 
thee  as  the  traveller  doth  of  Venice  ; 

Venetia,  Venetia, 
Chi  non  ti  vede  non  ti  pretia. 

Old  Mantuan,  old  Mantuan!  Who  understandeth  thee  not,  loves 
thee  not." 


217.  SAINLIENS,  CLAUDE  DE  (CLAUDIUS  HOLLYBAND). 

The  French  Schoole-/maister,  wherein  is  most  plain-/lie 
shewed,  the  true  and  most/perfect  way  of  pronouncinge  of 
the/Frenche  tongue  without  any  helpe/of  Maister  or  teacher: 
set  foorthe  for/the  furtherance  of  all  those  whiche/doo  studie 
priuatley  in  their  owne/study  or  houses:  Unto  the  which/is 


1O2  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

annexed  a  Vocabularie  for  al  such/woordes  as  bee  vsed  in 
com-/mon  talkes:/by  M.  Clau-/dius  Hollybande,  pro-/fessor 
of  the  Latin,/Frenche,/and  Englishe/tongues./ [quotation  one 
line] /Imprinted  at  London,  by  /William  How:  for/Abraham 
Veale./i573.  London,  1573. 

First  edition;  8vo;  A-V8=  160  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Hundngton  (Perry  copy)  ; 
3,  White. 

Claude  de  Sainliens  was  a  Huguenot  refugee  who  used  the  English 
form  of  his  name,  Hollyband.  He  came  to  England  about  1565  and 
the  last  mention  of  him  is  in  1598.  He  wrote  a  number  of  school  books 
which  were  very  popular  and  ran  through  many  editions ;  this  is  the 
first  edition  of  the  first  book.  The  instructions  as  to  the  pronunciation 
of  French  are  reciprocally  useful  as  showing  the  pronunciation  of 
English  at  the  time.  Shakespeare  may  have  studied  French  from  some 
such  book  as  this  and  it  is  known  that  he  boarded  in  London  with 
another  Huguenot  refugee,  Christopher  Montjoy. 

218.  SAINLIENS. 

The  Treasurie  of  the  French  tong  : /Teaching  the  waye  to/ 
varie  all  sortes  of  Verbes  :/Enriched  so  plentifully/with 
Wordes  and  Phrases/ (for  the  benefit  of  the  studious/in  that 
language)  as  the/like  hath  not  before/bin  published. /Gath- 
ered and  set  forth  by/Cl.  Hollyband./For  the  better  vnder- 
standing  of  the  order/of  this  Dictionarie,  peruse  the  Pre-/face 
to  the  Reader./At  London,/Imprinted  by  Henrie  Bynneman./ 
With  speciall  Priuilege./Anno  Dom.  i$8o./  London,  1580. 

First  edition ;  4*0 ;  fl*f  A-Y4,  Aa-Yy4,  Aaa-Ggg4,  Hhh1  =  209  leaves, 
the  first  blank. 

Only  three  copies  have  been  traced :  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Folger ;  3,  White. 

The  head-title  is  "A  Dictionary  French  and  English."  It  is  dedicated 
to  "Mademoiselle"  Anne  Harington.  She  was,  however,  the  wife  of 
Sir  John  Harington,  afterwards  made  Lord  Harington  by  King  James. 

219.  LILY,  WILLIAM.  (1468^-1522.) 

A  Shorte/Introduc-/tion  of/Grammar,/generallye  to  be 
vsed  :/Compj  led  and  set/forth,  for  the  bring-/ing  vp  of  all 


Source  Books.  103 

those  that/intende  to  attaine  the/knowledge  of/the  Latine/ 
tongue  i/Imprinted/at  London,  by  the/assignes  of  Fraun-/cis 
Flowar:/ 1574.7  London,  1574. 

Octavo;  A-R8=  136  leaves,  the  last  doubtless  blank. 

Only  one  copy  is  known,  that  in  the  Bodleian. 

The  earliest  known  copy  of  the  Latin  syntax  with  rules  in  English, 
contributed  by  Lily  to  Colet's  AEditzo,  is  1527.  The  work  ran  through 
innumerable  editions  with  many  revises  and  was  the  groundwork  of  the 
famous  Eton  Grammar.  In  1574  the  book,  revised  and  enlarged,  ap- 
peared with  the  above  title.  This  is  probably  the  shape  in  which  Shake- 
speare studied  it  in  the  Grammar  School  at  Stratford. 

Sir  Hugh  Evans  quotes  from  it  at  length  in  Merry  Wives  of  Wind- 
sor,  IV,  i. 

220.  WATSON,  THOMAS.  (1557-1592.) 

The/EKATOMnAei'A/Or/Passionate/Centurie  of/Loue, 
/Diuided  into  two  parts:  where-/of,  the  first  expresseth  the 
Au-/thors  sufferance  in  Loue :  the/latter,  his  long  farewell  to 
Loue/and  all  his  tyrannie./Composed  by  Thomas  Watson/ 
Gentleman ;  and  published  at/ the  request  of  certaine  Gentle-/ 
men  his  very  frendes./  [ornament]  /london/jflmprinted  by 
lohn  Wolfe  for  Gabriell/Cawood,  dwellinge  in  Paules/ 
Churchyard  at  the  Signe  of /the  Holy  Ghost./ 

London,  [1575^]. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  black  letter ;  A4,  £%!  4,  A-N4  =  60  leaves,  the  first 
and  last  probably  blank. 

A  collection  of  love  poems,  nearly  all  of  which  are  translations  from 
foreign  originals;  Watson  generally  states  their  source. 

The  celebrated  French  poet,  Ronsard,  in  Ode  29  of  Book  4,  wrote : 

"Les  Muses  lierent  un  jour 
De  chaines  de  roses,  Amour," 

Which  was  translated  by  Watson,  as  follows : 

"The  Muses  not  long  since  entrapping  Love 
In  chains  of  roses  linked  all  araye." 

This  suggested  to  Shakespeare  the  noth  line  of  Venus  and  Adonis: 
"Leading  him  prisoner  in  a  red-rose  chain." 


104  Mr-  William  Shakespeare. 

221.  EDWARDS,  RICHARD.  (1523^-1566.) 

The  Paradyse/of  daynty  deuises,/aptly  furnished,  with 
sundry  pithie  and  learned  inuentions  :/deuised  and  written  for 
the  most  part,  by  M.  Edwards./sometimes  of  her  Maiesties 
Chappel:  the  rest,  by/sundry  learned  Gentlemen,  both  of 
honor,/and  woorshippe./viz./S.  Barnarde./E.O./L.  Vaux./ 
D.S./Iasper  Heyvvood/F.K./M.  Bevve./R.  Hill./M.  Yloop, 
with  others./ [Disk's  device,  McK.  172] /Imprinted  at  Lon-/ 
don  by  Henry  Disle,  dwelling  in/Paules  Churchyard,  at  the 
Southwest  doore/of  Saint  Paules  Church,  and  are  there/ to  be 
sol  de./ 1576.  London,  1576. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  black  letter ;  A4,  A-L*  =  48  leaves. 

This  book  was  so  popular  that  it  ran  through  at  least  eight  editions 
by  1600.  Most  of  them  survive  in  not  more  than  two  copies  and  a  list 
follows,  with  the  owners.  The  contents  of  the  various  editions  differ  and 
a  list  of  variations  is  given  in  Sir  Egerton  Brydges'  reprint  in  The 
British  Bibliographer,  1810.  The  list  of  authors  mentioned  on  the  title- 
page  includes:  Saint  Bernard,  Lord  Oxford  (E.  O.),  Thomas  Baron 
Vaux,  F.  Kindlemarsh,  Dr.  Edwin  Sandys  (D.  S.),  and  others. 

A.  1576.  1,    Huntington    (Farmer-Ellis-Heber-Britwell    copy) ;    2, 
Morgan  (Phillipps-Irwin  copy). 

B.  1577(*?).  No  copy  known. 

C.  1578.  i,  B.M.  (Heber-Collier-Ouvry-Rowfant  copy);  2,  Bodl. ; 
3,  Britwell  (now  untraced). 

D.  1580.   i,  Bodl.;  2,  Britwell  (Roxburghe  copy,  now  untraced). 

E.  1585.  i,  Folger;  2,   Huth    (Park-Jolley-Corser  copy,   now   un- 
traced); 3,  Huntington  (Haslewood-Britwell  copy). 

F.  1596.  i,   B.M.;    2,   T.C.C.;   3,   Huntington    (Lamport-Britwell 
copy). 

G.  1600.  i,    Huntington    (Farmer  -  Roxburghe  -  Steevens  -  Britwell 
copy). 

H.  N.d.  (c.  1600).  i,  White  (Brand-North-Heber-Utterson-Corser- 
Sewall  copy). 

Shakespeare  quotes  the  song  "Where  gripinge  grefes  the  hart  would 
wounde"  in  Romeo  and  Juliet,  IV,  v,  128,  with  humorous  variations  and 
comments.  It  is  supposed  that  Edwards  wrote  both  words  and  music. 

222.  HOLINSHED,  RAPHAEL.   (^-^So.) 

i577-/The/Firste  volume  of  the/Chronicles  of  England, 


Source  Books.  105 

Scot-/lande,  and  Irelande./conteyning,/The  description  and 
Chronicles  of  England,  from  the/first  inhabiting  vnto  the  con- 
quest./The  description  and  Chronicles  of  Scotland,  from  the/ 
first  originall  of  the  Scottes  nation,  till  the  yeare/of  our  Lorde. 
1571. /The  description  and  Chronicles  of  Yrelande,  likewise/ 
from  the  firste  originall  of  that  Nation,  vntill  the/yeare. 
1547. /Faithfully  gathered  and  set  forth,  by/Raphaell  Holin- 
shed./at  london,/Imprinted  for  Lucas  Harrison.  God  saue 
the  Queene. 
[With] 

1577-/The/Laste  volume  of  the/Chronicles  of  England, 
Scot-/lande,  and  Irelande,  with/their  descriptions./Conteyn- 
ing,/The  Chronicles  of  Englande  from  William  Con-/querour 
vntill  this  present  tyme./Faithfully  gathered  and  compiled/ 
by  Raphaell  Holinshed./at  Iondon,/Pmprinted  for  lohn 
Hunne.  God  saue  the  Queene.  London,  1577. 

First  edition;  2  vols.;  folio;  Vol.  I,  fl6,  *2,  A-P8,  Q6,  r1,  a-s8,  t1, 
A2,  (*b*)2,  *a*6,  *b*6  (the  last  blank),  A-Z8,  Aa-Ii8,  Kk*,  Ll-Mm6,  B2, 
A-C8,  D*,  A-D8,  E5,  F-G8,  H6,  I2  =  659  leaves:  Vol.  II,  f,  t7,  v-z8, 
A-Z8,  Aa-Zz8,  Aaa-Zzz8,  Aaaa-Dddd8,  Eeee9,  Ffff-Yyyy8,  Zzzz2,  A-M4, 
N2,  ()2  =  824  leaves. 

Some  copies  have  the  first  volume  printed  for  John  Hunne  and  the 
second  for  Lucas  Harrison  and  some  have  both  for  George  Bishop. 
Apparently  the  volumes  were  issued  for  several  publishers  and  each 
had  his  own  name  put  on  his  copies.  Then  in  the  course  of  time,  copies 
have  been  mixed  and  volumes  bearing  the  names  of  two  publishers  are 
sold  as  one  copy ;  there  are  apparently  no  differences  in  the  copies  except 
for  the  name  in  the  imprint. 

This  was  the  chief  source  of  Shakespeare's  plays  on  English  history 
and  was  used  by  him  for  Richard  II,  Richard  III,  Macbeth,  Henry  IF, 
2  parts,  Henry  V,  Henry  VI,  3  parts,  Henry  VIII  and  Cymbeline.  He 
may  have  consulted  it  also  for  King  Lear  and  King  John,  though  both 
of  these  plays  were  modelled  directly  on  earlier  plays.  At  page  243 
is  a  woodcut  of  Macbeth  meeting  the  three  Witches. 

223.  WHETSTONE,  GEORGE.  (1544*?- 1587.) 
The  Right  Excel-/lent  and  famous  Historye,  of/Promos 
and  Cassandra  :/Deuided  into  two  Commicall/Discourses./In 


io6  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

the  fyrste  parte  is  showne,  the/vnsufferable  abuse,  of  a  lewde 
Magistrate  :/The  vertuous  behauiours  of  a  chaste  Ladye  :/The 
vncontrowled  leawdenes  of  a  fauoured  Curtisan./And  the 
vnderserued  estimation  of  a  pernici-/ous  Parasyte./In  the 
second  parte  is  discoursed,/the  perfect  magnanimitye  of  a 
noble  kinge,/in  checking  Vice  and  fauouringe  Vertue:/ 
Wherein  is  showne,  the  Ruyne  and  ouer-/throwe,  of  dishonest 
practises:  with  the  ad-/uancement  of  vpright  dealing./The 
worke  of  George/Whetstones  Gent./ [quotation  one  line]/ 
[Colophon]  Imprinted  at  London  by  Richarde/Ihones,  and 
are  to  be  solde  ouer  agaynst  Saint/Sepulchres  Church,  with- 
out Newgate./August.  20.  i$7&./  London,  1578. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-M*  =  48  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

The  dedication  to  Wm.  Fleetewoode,  is  dated  July  29,  1578. 

Shakespeare  took  the  plot  of  Measure  for  Measure  from  this  play  or 
from  the  tale  The  Rare  Historic  of  Promos  and  Cassandra,  which  ap- 
peared in  1582.  The  basis  of  both  play  and  tale  is  in  Gli  Hecatommithi, 
Decade  8,  Novel  5. 

224.  WHETSTONE. 

An  Heptameron/of  Ciuill  Discourses. /Containing:  The 
Christmasse  Ex-/ercise  of  sundrie  well  Courted  Gen-/tlemen 
and  Gentlewomen./In  whose  behauiours,  the  better/sort,  may 
see,  a  representation  of  their  own  Vertues:/And  the  Inferiour, 
may  learne  such  Rules  of  Ciuil  Go-/uernmet,  as  wil  rase  out 
the  Blemish  of  their  basenesse  :/Wherein,  is  Renowned,  the 
Vertues,  of  a  most  Honou-/rable  and  braue  mynded  Gentle- 
man./And  herein,  also  [as  it  were  in  a  Mirrour] /the  Vn- 
maried/may  see  the  Defectes  whiche  Eclipse  the  Glorie  of 
Mariage:/And  the  wel  Maried,  as  in  a  Table  of  Householde 
Lawes,  may  cull/out  needefull  Preceptes  to  establysh  their 
good  Fortune. /A  Worke,  intercoursed  with  Ciuyll  Pleasure, 
to  reaue/tediousnesse  from  the  Reader:  and  garnished  with 
Morall  Noates/to  make  it  profitable,  to  the  Regarder./The 
Reporte,  of  George  Whetstone,  Gent./ [quotation  one  line]/ 
At  London. /Printed  by  Richard  Iones,/at  the  Signe  of  the 


Source  Books.  107 

Rose  and  the  Crowne,/neare  Holburne  Bridge.  3  Feb.  1582.7 

London,  1582. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A4,  ft2,  B-Z*  =  94  leaves. 

The  Heptameron  is  a  collection  of  prose  tales  divided  into  seven  days 
and  one  night.  The  Historic  of  Promos  and  Cassandra  occupies  Nil 
verso,  to  Oiii  verso. 

Shakespeare  took  the  plot  of  Measure  for  Measure  from  either  this 
or  the  preceding  entry. 

225.  LYLY,  JOHN.  (15532-1606.) 

j[  Euphues./The  Anatomy/of  Wyt./Very  pleasant  for  all 
Gentle-/men  to  reade,  and  most  neces-/sary  to  remember:/ 
wherein  are  contained  the  delights/that  wyt  followeth  in  his 
youth  by  the/pleasauntnesse  of  Loue,  and  the/happynesse  he 
reapeth  in/age,  by/ the  prefectnesse  of/Wisedome./J[By  lohn 
Lylly  Master  of/Arte.  Oxon./Imprinted  at  London  for/ 
Gabriell  Cawood,  dwel-/ling  in  Paules  Church-/yarde./ 

London,  n.d. 

First  edition ;  410,  partly  in  eights ;  A*,  B-E8,  F-T*  =  92  leaves. 

Of  this  first  edition  only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  T.C.C. 

The  bibliography  of  this  book  is  extremely  confused  and  we  can  not 
be  sure  that  the  copies  really  belong  to  the  same  issue  without  more 
comparison  than  has  so  far  been  made.  It  seems  probable,  however,  that 
the  first  edition  is  the  one  described  above,  which  has  no  colophon  but 
the  device  of  Thomas  East  as  printer  on  the  recto  T4  (McK.  206),  and 
that  the  copies  in  the  British  Museum  and  at  Trinity  College  are  the 
same  edition.  The  second  edition  has  colophon  "Imprinted  at  London 
by  Thomas  East,  for  Gabriel  Cawood,  dwelling  in  Paules  Church-yard, 
1579,"  but  lacks  title  and  preliminary  leaves.  This  apparently  survives 
in  one  copy  only,  that  belonging  to  Mr.  White,  which  was  formerly 
owned  by  Professor  Morley.  The  third  edition,  also  of  1579,  has  the 
title-page  dated,  and  is  found  in  two  copies :  i,  Bodl. ;  2,  T.C.C. 

For  a  fuller  account  of  these  editions  see  Sinker,  Robert,  English 
Books  Printed  before  MDCI,  in  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  Cam- 
bridge, 1885,  pp.  204-206. 

This  celebrated  work  was  referred  to  by  Shakespeare  in  /  Henry  IV, 
II,  iv,  438 : 

"Falstaff: for  though  the  camomile,  the  more  it  is  trodden  on  the 

faster  it  grows,  yet  youth,  the  more  it  is  wasted  the  sooner  it  wears." 


io8  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Lyly  says  "though  the  Camomill  the  more  it  is  troden  and  pressed 
downe,  the  more  it  spreadeth,  yet  the  Violet  the  oftner  it  is  handeled  and 
touched,  the  sooner  it  withereth  and  decayeth." 

226.  NORTH,  Sir  THOMAS.  (1535?- 160 1s?) 

The  Lives/of  the  Noble  Gre-/cians  and  Romanes,  com- 
pared/together by  that  graue  learned  Philosopher  and  His- 
toriogra-/pher,  Plutarke  of  Chgeronea  i/Translated  out  of 
Greeke  into  French  by  lames  Amyot,  Abbot  of  Bellozane,/ 
Bishop  of  Auxerre,  one  of  the  Kings  priuy  counsel,  and  great 
Amner/of  Fraunce,  and  out  of  French  into  Englishe,  by/ 
Thomas  North. /[device] /Imprinted  at  London  by  Thomas 
Vautroullier  dwelling/in  the  Blacke  Friers  by  Ludgate./ 
1 579-7  London,  1579. 

First  edition;  folio;  i  blank  leaf  without  signature-mark,  *6,  i  leaf 
without  signature-mark,  A-Z6,  AA-ZZ6,  AAA-ZZZ8,  AAAA-ZZZZ6, 
AAAAA-FFFFF6  =  596  leaves.  With  portraits. 

Shakespeare  is  indebted  to  North  for  the  plots  of  all  his  Roman  plays 
and  for  suggestions  in  many  others.  He  founded  Julius  Caesar  on 
Plutarch's  lives  of  Caesar,  Brutus,  Antony,  and  Cicero;  Antony  and 
Cleopatra  on  the  life  of  Antony ;  Coriolanus  on  the  life  of  Coriolanus ; 
Timon  of  Athens  on  the  lives  of  Alcibiades  and  Antony.  He  took  sug- 
gestions from  Plutarch  for  passages  in  Merchant  of  Venice,  I,  i,  166, 
etc.;  Hamlet,  I,  i,  133;  Macbeth,  III,  i,  54;  Cymbeline,  II,  iv,  66. 

227.  MONTAIGNE,  MICHEL  DE.  (1533-1592.) 

Essais/de  Messire/Michel  Seigneur/de  Montaigne, /Chev- 
alier de  1'Ordre/du  Roy,  &  Gentil-homme  ordi-/naire  de  sa 
Chambre./Livre  Premier /&  second.  /  [ornament] /A  Bour- 
deaus./Par  S.  Millanges  Imprimeur  ordinaire  du  Roy./ 
M.D.LXXX./Avec  Privilege  du  Roy./  Bordeaux,  1580. 

First  edition;  2  vols. ;  8vo;  Vol.  I,  2  leaves  without  signature-marks, 
A-Z8,  Aa-Hh8  =  250  leaves :  Vol.  II,  2  leaves  without  signature-marks, 
AAa-ZZz8;  AAaa-SSss8  =  330  leaves. 

Vol.  II  has  a  printer's  device  on  title  in  place  of  the  ornament  and  is 
lined  off  differently. 

Shakespeare  undoubtedly  used  Florio's  translation  of  Montaigne, 
1603,  for  the  passage  in  The  Tempest,  II,  i,  which  describes  an  imagin- 


Source  Books.  109 

ary  commonwealth;  but  besides  this,  there  are  parallelisms  between 
Montaigne  and  Shakespeare  which  seem  to  indicate  either  that  Shake- 
speare had  read  Montaigne  in  original,  or  had  seen  Florio's  translation 
in  manuscript. 

228.  HALL,  ARTHUR. 

Ten  Books/of  Homers  Iliades,/translated  out  of /French, 
By  Arthur/Hall  Esquire/At  London/Imprinted  by  Ralph/ 
Nevvberie./ 1581. /Cum  Priuilegio./  London,  1581. 

First  edition ;  4*0 ;  black  letter ;  A-Z4,  Aa* ;  Bb2  =  98  leaves,  the  first 
probably  blank. 

Five  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  Britwell;  4,  Hunting- 
ton  (Britwell-Heber  copy)  ;  5,  White  (Huth  copy). 

This  is  the  first  English  translation  of  any  part  of  the  Iliad  or 
Odyssey,  but  it  was  made  from  a  French  version  and  not  directly  from 
the  Greek.  Shakespeare  may  have  used  this  for  part  of  the  story  of 
Troilus  and  Cressida. 

229.  GOSSON,  STEPHEN.  (1555-1624.) 

PI  ayes/Confuted  in  fiue  Actions, /Prouing  that  they  are  not 
to  be  suffred  in/a  Christian  common  weale,  by  the  waye/both 
the  Cauils  of  Thomas  Lodge,  and/the  Play  of  PI  ayes,  written 
in  their  de-/fence,  and  other  obiections  of  Players/f rendes,  are 
truely  set  downe/and  directlye  aun-/sweared./By  Steph.  Gos- 
son,  Stud.  Oxon./[ quotation  2  lines] /London/Imprinted  for 
Thomas  Gosson  dwel-/ling  in  Pater  noster  row  at  the/signe  of 
the  Sunne./  London,  [1582]. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  black  letter ;  Title  and  4  leaves  without  signature- 
marks,  A-G8  =  6i  leaves. 

This  book  gives  some  idea  of  the  plays  which  were  popular  in  Lon- 
don some  years  before  Shakespeare  came  there.  Gosson  himself  had 
written  for  the  stage  before  entering  the  Church. 

230.  SCOT,  REGINALD.  (1538^-1599.) 

The  discouerie/of  witchcraft, /Wherein  the  lewde  dealing 
of  witches/and  witchmongers  is  notablie  detected,  the  knauerie 
of  coniurors,  the  impietie  of  inchan-/tors,  the  follie  of  sooth- 


no  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

saiers,  the  impudent  fals-/hood  of  cousenors,  the  infidelitie  of 
atheists,/the  pestilent  practises  of  Pythonists,  the/curiositie  of 
figurecasters,  the  va-/nitie  of  dreamers,  the  begger-/lie  art  of 
Alcu-/mystrie,/The  abhomination  of  idolatrie,  the  hor-/rible 
art  of  poisoning,  the  vertue  and  power  of/naturall  magike,  and 
all  the  conueiances/of  Legierdemaine  and  iuggling  are  de- 
ciphered :/and  many  other  things  opened,  which/haue  long 
lien  hidden,  howbeit/verie  necessarie  to/be  knowne./Heere- 
vnto  is  added  a  treatise  vpon  the/nature  and  substance  of 
spirits  and  diuels,/&c:  all  latelie  written/by  Reginald  Scot 
Esquire./ [quotation  4  lines] 71584.7  [Colophon]  Imprinted 
at  London  by /William  Brome./  London,  1584. 

First  edition;  410  in  eights;  black  letter;  A8,  B6,  C-U8,  Aa-Cc8,  *2, 
Dd-Ss8  =  304  leaves.  *,  2  leaves,  contain  woodcuts. 

This  book  was  condemned  to  be  burned  by  King  James  I,  who  was  a 
believer  in  witchcraft.  Shakespeare  did  not  follow  Scot  closely,  but 
Middleton  did,  in  his  play  of  The  Witch,  which  was  acted  by  Shake- 
speare's company  though  never  printed  until  1778. 


231.  FOXE,  JOHN.  (1516-1587.) 

An/ Abridgement/of  the  Booke  of  Acts/and  Monuments 
of /the  Church  r/Written  by  that  Reuerend  Father,  Mai-/ster 
lohn  Fox:  and  now  abridged  by  Timothe  Bright, /Doctour  of 
Phisicke,  for  such  as  either  through/ want  of  leysure,  or  abili- 
tie,  haue  not  the/vse  of  so  necessary  an  history. /[quotation/ 
woodcut/quotation] /Imprinted  at  London  by  I.  Windet,  at 
the  assignment/of  Master  Tim.  Bright,  and  are  to  be  sold  at 
Pauls  wharf, /at  the  signe  of  the  Crosse-keyes,  i589-/Cum 
gratia,  &  Priuilegio  Regiae  Maiestatis./  London,  1589. 

Quarto  in  eights ;  J[8,  A-Z8,  Aa-Yy8,  Zz4  =  372  leaves,  the  first  blank. 

Shakespeare  consulted  this  well-known  book  for  some  portions  of 
Henry  VIII.  It  is  generally  known  as  Foxe's  Book  of  Martyrs  and  was 
popular  for  generations,  as  is  shown  by  the  numerous  editions  in  the 
sixteenth  and  early  seventeenth  centuries.  It  was  first  issued  in  Latin  in 
1559  and  reprinted  in  English  in  1563.  This  abridgement  in  popular 
size  was  more  likely  to  have  been  consulted  than  the  complete  book. 


Source  Books.  ill 

232.  LODGE,  THOMAS.  (1558^-1625.) 
Scillaes/Metamorphosis  :/Enterlaced/with  the  vnfortunate 

loue/of  Glaucus./Whereunto  is  annexed  the  delectable  dis- 
course/of the  discontented  Satyre:  with  sundrie  other/most 
absolute  Poems  and  Sonnets./Contayning  the  detestable  tyran- 
nic of  Dis-/daine,  and  Comicall  triumph  of  Constan-/cie : 
Verie  fit  for  young  Courtiers  to/peruse,  and  coy  Dames  to/ 
remember./By  Thomas  Lodge  of  Lincolnes/Inne,  Gentle- 
man./[  quotation  one  line  /  ornament]  /  Imprinted  at  Lon- 
don by  Richard  Ihones,/and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  neere 
Holburne/bridge,  at  the  signe  of  the  Rose  and/Crowne.  i$8c)/ 

London,  1589. 

First  edition,  first  issue ;  410 ;  black  letter ;  2  leaves  without  signature- 
marks,  A-E4,  F2  =  24  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl. ;  2,  V.  &  A.M.  (Dyce  copy)  ; 
3,  Britwell  (Lamport  copy).  The  Britwell  copy  has  two  additional 
leaves  (marked  *)  containing  a  dedication  to  Ralph  Crane. 

It  was  reissued  in  1610  with  a  fresh  title,  A  most  pleasant  History  of 
Glaucus  and  S cilia,  but  with  no  other  changes. 

It  undoubtedly  influenced  Shakespeare  in  writing  Venus  and  Adonis, 
which  was  published  four  years  after  the  first  appearance  of  this  work. 
Lodge  borrowed  largely  from  the  French  writers  of  the  Renaissance ; 
he  also  wrote  several  plays. 

At  the  end  of  the  book  are  "sundry  sweet  Sonnets/'  which  may  have 
had  some  influence  on  Shakespeare's  sonnets,  though  he  was  more 
influenced  by  Sidney. 

This  work  was  reprinted  for  the  Hunterian  Club,  Glasgow,  in  Vol.  I 
of  Lodge's  Works,  1883. 

/ 

233.  LODGE. 

Rosalynde.  [in  a  woodcut  ornament] /Euphues  golden 
Legacie,  found  af-/ter  his  death  in  his  cell  at  Sile-/xedra./ 
Bequeathed  to  Philautus/Sonnes,  noursed  vp  with  their 
Father  in/England./Fetcht  from  the  Canaries  by  T.  L.  Gent./ 
[Jeffes'  device,  McK.  287]/London,/Printed  by  Abel  Jeffes 
for  T.  G[ubbin]/and  lohn  Busbie.  15Q2./  London,  1592. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  black  letter ;  A-P4  =  60  leaves. 


1 12  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

There  are  but  three  copies  known:  1,  B.M.  (Huth  copy)  ;  2-3,  Bodl. 

The  first  edition,  1590,  exists  in  but  two  copies:  i,  Britwell  (Heber 
copy,  imperfect)  ;  2,  Soth.,  July  23,  1901,  to  Pickering,  now  untraced. 

We  have  not  been  able  to  get  an  accurate  title  and  collation  of  the 
first  edition  and  therefore  describe  the  second.  The  third  edition  ap- 
peared in  1596  and  the  fourth  in  1598.  All  the  early  editions  are  very 
rare. 

Shakespeare  used  it  as  the  source  of  As  You  Like  It. 

The  first  edition  is  reprinted  in  Lodge's  Works,  Glasgow,  The 
Hunterian  Club,  1883,  Vol.  I. 

234.  PUTTENHAM,  GEORGE.  (1532^-1600?) 

The  Arte/of  English/poesie./Contriued  into  three  Bookes : 
The  first  of  Poets/and  Poesie,  the  second  of  Proportion,/the 
third  of  Ornament./ [device,  McK.  222]  At  london/Printed 
by  Richard  Field,  dwelling  in  the/black-Friers,  neere  Lud- 
gate./ 1589.7  London,  1589. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-H4,  P,  K-Z4,  Aa-Ll4,  Mm2  =  136  leaves,  64 
and  Mm2  are  blank. 

This  is  the  first  book  on  the  subject  and  was  printed  by  Shakespeare's 
fellow-townsman,  Richard  Field,  who  printed  Venus  and  Adonis  four 
years  later.  On  pages  48-51  Puttenham  characterizes  briefly  a  number 
of  the  English  poets.  He  mentions  Sidney's  Arcadia,  though  the  first 
edition  was  not  published  until  1590,  and  calls  Spenser  "that  other 
gentleman  who  wrote  the  late  Shepherd's  Calendar."  Shakespeare  seems 
to  have  known  Puttenham's  book. 

235.  MARLOWE,  CHRISTOPHER.  (1564-1593.) 
Tamburlaine/the    Great./Who,    from    a    Scythian    Shep- 

hearde,/by  his  rare  and  woonderfull  Conquests,/became  a 
most  puissant  and  migh-/tye  Monarque./And  (for  his  tyranny, 
and  terrour  in/Warre)  was  tearmed,/The  Scourge  of  God./ 
Deuided  into  two  Tragicall  Dis-/courses,  as  they  were  sundrie 
times/shewed  vpon  Stages  in  the  Citie/of  London./By  the 
right  honorable  the  Lord/Admyrall,  his/seruantes./Now  first, 
and  newlie  published./ [ornament] /London./Printed  by 
Richard  lohnes:  at  the  signe/of  the  Rose  and  Crowne  neere 
Hol-/beorne  Bridge.  1590.  London,  1590. 


Source  Books.  113 

Second  edition  (with  Part  II)  ;  8vo ;  black  letter ;  A-K8,  L2  =  82 
leaves. 

The  first  edition  also  appeared  in  1590  with  the  same  title  but  without 
Part  II.  Part  II  begins  on  recto  [F3]  and  runs  to  L2.  It  has  no  separate 
title  but  a  heading  "The  second  part  of/The  bloody  Conquests/of 
mighty  Tamburlaine./With  his  impassionate  fury,  for  the  death  of/ 
his  Lady  and  loue  f aire  Zenocrate :  his  f ourme/of  exhortation  and  disci- 
pline to  his  three/sons,  and  the  maner  of  his  own  death./" 

Only  two  copies  of  the  second  edition  are  known:  1,  Bodl.;  2,  Hunt- 
ington  (Roxburghe-Kemble-Devonshire  copy). 

Shakespeare  was  much  influenced  by  Marlowe,  especially  in  his  early 
plays.  This  play  was  first  acted  in  1587  and  was  Marlowe's  first  play. 

In  the  Second  Part  of  Tamburlaine,  IV,  iv,  the  scene  shows  Tambur- 
laine  in  a  chariot  drawn  by  two  kings  with  bits  in  their  mouths;  he 
scourges  them  and  says : 

"Holla,  ye  pampered  jades  of  Asia! 
What !  can  ye  draw  but  twenty  miles  a  day 
And  have  so  proud  a  chariot  at  your  heels !" 

In  Henry  IF,  Part  II,  II,  iv,  178,  etc.,  Pistol  says: 

"And  hollow  pampered  jades  of  Asia, 
Which  cannot  go  but  thirty  miles  a  day." 

236.  MARLOWE. 

The  troublesome/raigne  and  lamentable  death  of  Edward 
the  second,  King  of /England:  with  the  tragicall/fall  of 
proud  Mortimer  :/And  also  the  life  and  death  of  Peirs  Gaues- 
ton,/the  great  Earle  of  Cornewall,  and  mighty/fauorite  of 
king  Edward  the  second,  as  it  was/publiquely  acted  by  the 
right  honorable/the  Earle  of  Pembrooke  his/seruantes./Writ- 
ten  by  Chri.  Marlow  Gent./ [ornament] /Imprinted  at  London 
by  Richard  Bradocke,/for  William  lones  dwelling  neere  Hoi- 
bourne  conduit,/at  the  signe  of  the  Gunne.  15Q8./ 

London,  1598. 

Second  edition ;  4*0 ;  A-I4,  K2  =  38  leaves. 

The  only  known  copy  of  the  first  edition,  1594,  is  in  Cassel,  Germany. 

This  play  was  Marlowe's  latest  and  best ;  Shakespeare  was  undoubt- 
edly much  influenced  by  it  in  writing  Richard  II.  Charles  Lamb  said: 
"The  reluctant  pangs  of  abdicating  royalty  in  Edward  2nd  furnished 
hints  which  Shakespeare  scarcely  improved  on  in  his  Richard  2nd." 


114  Mr-  William  Shakespeare. 

237.  MARLOWE. 

The  Famous/Tragedy/of/the  Rich  lew/of  Malta./As 
it  was  playd/before  the  King  and/Qveene,  in  his  Majesties 
/Theatre  at  White-Hall,  by  her  Majesties/Servants  at  the 
Cock-pit./Written  by  Christopher  Mario./ [device] /Lon- 
don ;/Printed  by  I.  B.  for  Nicholas  Vavasour,  and  are  to  be 
sold/at  his  Shop  in  the  Inner  Temple,  neere  the/Church. 
16337  London,  1633. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-I4,  K2  =  38  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

This  play  was  first  acted  about  1588  and  was  a  favorite  on  the  Eliza- 
bethan stage.  Apart  from  the  general  influence  of  Marlowe  upon  Shake- 
speare, this  play  was  followed  in  many  respects  in  the  Merchant  of 
Venice,  although  Shylock  is  a  much  more  vital  character  than  Barabas. 

Although  first  acted  more  than  40  years  before,  this  is  the  first 
edition. 

238.  MARLOWE,  CHRISTOPHER,  and  GEORGE  CHAPMAN. 
Hero  and/Leander  :/Begun  by  Christopher  Marloe;  and/ 

finished  by  George  Chapman. /[quotation  one  line/device, 
McK.  3 15] /At  London/Printed  by  Felix  Kingston,  for 
Paule  Linley,  and/are  to  be  solde  in  Paules  Church-yard,  at 
the/signe  of  the  Blacke-beare./i598.  London,  1598. 

First  complete  edition ;  4to ;  A-N*  =  52  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M.  (Lamport  copy);  2,  Britwell 
(Lamport  copy). 

The  first  edition  of  Hero,  containing  but  two  sestiads,  both  by  Mar- 
lowe, also  appeared  in  1598.  The  only  copy  known  to  exist  is  the  Lam- 
port Hall  copy,  now  in  the  Britwell  Collection.  The  poem  in  its 
completed  form  was  very  popular  and  ran  through  many  editions  in 
the  first  half  of  the  seventeenth  century ;  these  early  editions  are  all 
very  rare.  We  give  a  list  of  the  first  eight,  with  listed  copies : 

A.  1598.  Marlowe  only.  Britwell  (Lamport  Hall  copy). 

B.  1598.  With  Chapman.  See  above. 

C.  1600.  i,  BodL;  2,  Huntington  (Aylesbury  copy). 

D.  1606.  i,  B.M. ;  2,  BodL  (Malone)  ;  3,  Morgan  (Griswold  copy)  ; 

4,  Rowfant  (now  untraced). 

E.  1609.   !»  V.  &  A.;  2,  Folger  (McKee  copy)  ;  3,  White. 

F.  1613.  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Britwell. 


Source  Books.  115 

G.   1617.  1,  Worcester;  2,  Rylands;  3,  Huntington  (Huth  copy); 

4,  Huntington  (Devonshire  copy). 

H.   1622.  i,  Chew  (Cox  copy)  ;  2,  Huntington  (Hoe  copy). 
In  Marlowe's  part  occurs  the  line : 

"Who  ever  loved  that  loved  not  at  first  sight" 

In  As  You  Like  It,  Shakespeare  says : 

"Dead  shepherd,  now  I  find  thy  saw  of  might, 
Who  ever  loved  that  loved  not  at  first  sight." 

This  is  the  only  reference  Shakespeare  made  to  any  author  of  his 
time.  The  only  other  contemporaries  he  mentioned  were  Queen  Eliza- 
beth, Lord  Southampton,  Lord  Essex  and,  indirectly,  King  James. 

239.  SIDNEY,  Sir  PHILIP.  (1554-1586.) 
The/Countesse/of     Pembrokes/Arcadia,/written    by     Sir 

Philippe/Sidnei./[coat-of-arms] /London/Printed    for    Wil- 
liam Ponsonbie./Anno  Domini,  1590.7  London,  1590. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A4,  B-Z8,  AA-ZZ8  =  364  leaves,  the  first  blank. 

On  the  verso  of  folio  311  is  a  blank  space  for  an  epitaph.  This  edition 
is  divided  into  chapters  by  the  "Over-seer  of  the  print" ;  this  division 
does  not  occur  in  the  second  edition,  a  folio,  which  was  edited  by  Lady 
Pembroke  and  appeared  in  1593. 

In  Book  II,  chapter  10,  is  found  the  episode  of  the  blind  king  of 
Paphlagonia,  which  furnished  Shakespeare  with  the  under  plot  of 
Gloster  and  his  two  sons  in  King  Lear.  There  is  also  a  similar  descrip- 
tion of  a  bitter  storm  and  the  request  of  the  father  that  he  might  be 
led  to  the  summit  of  a  cliff  "thence  to  cast  himself  headlong  to  death." 

Shakespeare's  Sonnets  5  and  6  also  contain  lines  suggested  by  the 
Arcadia. 

240.  SIDNEY. 

Syr  P.S./His  Astrophel  and  Stella./Wherein  the  excellence 
of  sweete/Poesie  is  concluded/ (Y) /To  the  end  of  which  are 
added,  sundry /other  rare  Sonnets  of  diuers  Noble/men  and 
Gentlemen.  (*)/London,  for  Thomas  Newman,  1591. 

London,  1591. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-L4  =  44  leaves. 

This  first  edition  contains  a  preface  by  Nash. 

Only  two  copies  are  known :  1,  B.M.  (Grenville  copy)  ;  2,  T.C.C. 


1 16  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Lownes  issued  an  unauthorized  edition  in  the  same  year  without  date 
and  collating  A-K4;  three  copies  of  this  are  known:  1,  Bodl. ;  2,  Hunt- 
ington  (Britwell  copy)  ;  3,  White. 

Newman  reissued  the  book  later  in  1591  at  the  request  of  the  Sidney 
family,  without  the  preface  and  with  some  revision ;  three  copies  of  this 
are  recorded:  1-2,  B.M. ;  3,  Huntington  (Bright-Corser-Huth  copy). 

Macbeth's  speech  on  sleep,  II,  ii,  36-40,  resembles  the  first  four  lines 
of  Sidney's  Sonnet  on  sleep. 

241.  SPENSER,  EDMUND.  (1552-1599.) 

The  Faerie/Queene./Disposed  into  twelue  books, /Fashion- 
ing/XII.  Morall  vertues. /  [device,  McK.  242] /London/ 
Printed  for  William  Ponsonbie./i59O. 
[With] 

The  Second  Part  of  the/Faerie  Queene./Containing/The 
Fourth,/Fifth,  and/Sixth  Bookes./By  Ed.  Spenser./ [device, 
McK.  222] /Imprinted  at  London  for  William/Ponsonby. 
1596.  London,  1590-96. 

First  edition;  2  vols;  4to  in  eights;  Vol.  I,  A-Z8,  Aa-Pp8,  Qq*  =  3o8 
leaves :  Vol.  II,  A-Z8,  Aa-Ii8,  Kk4  =  260  leaves. 

The  earlier  copies  printed  have  blank  spaces  on  pp.  332  and  601-606; 
some  copies  contain  4  unpaged  leaves  at  end  with  all  the  complimentary 
sonnets.  Vol.  I  was  probably  printed  by  J.  Wolfe  and  Vol.  II  by  R. 
Field. 

Vol.  I  contains  Books  1-3  and  Vol.  II,  Books  4-6;  this  is  all  that  ever 
appeared  except  two  cantos  of  "Mutabilitie,"  which  were  first  included 
in  the  edition  of  1609.  In  Book  3,  Canto  1,  Spenser  devotes  five  stanzas, 
Nos.  34-38,  to  the  story  of  Venus  and  Adonis. 

The  story  of  Lear  is  told  in  Book  2,  Canto  10,  stanzas  26-32,  and 
Shakespeare  followed  this  version  in  calling  his  heroine  "Cordelia" 
instead  of  "Cordilla"  and  in  making  her  die  by  hanging. 

242.  FIAN,  DOCTOR. 

Newes  from  Scotland./Declaring  the  damnable  life  of 
Doc-/tor  Fian  a  notable  Socerer,  who  was  burned/at  Eden- 
brough  in  lanuarie  last./ 1591. /Which  Doctor  was  register  to 
the  deuill,/that  sundrie  times  preached  at  North  Baricke/ 
Kirke,  to  the  number  of  notorious/ Witches. /With  the  true 


Source  Books.  117 

examinations  of  the  said  Doctor  and/witches,  as  they  vttered 
them  in  the  presence/of  the  Scottish  king./Discouering  how 
they  pretended  to  bewich  and/drowne  his  Maiestie  in  the  sea 
coming  from  Den-/marke,  with  such  other  wonderfull  mat- 
ters/as the  like  hath  not  bin  heard/at  anie  time. /Published 
according  to  the  Scottish  copie.  [ornament] /Printed  for  Wil- 
liam Wright./  London,  [  1 59 1  ] . 

Quarto;  black  letter;  A-C4  =12  leaves. 

There  are  two  other  undated  editions  by  the  same  printer;  it  is  not 
certain  which  is  the  earliest. 

One  edition  is  found  at  the  Bodleian,  another  at  Lambeth  Palace  and 
the  third  in  the  library  of  Mr.  White  (Tyssen-Scott-Brand-Freeling- 
Corser-Huth  copy). 

No  copy  of  an  original  Scottish  edition  is  known. 

In  Newes  from  Scotland  one  of  the  accused  witches  confessed  that  a 
cat  was  "convaid  into  the  middest  of  the  sea  by  all  those  witches  sailing 
in  their  riddles  or  sieves,"  the  said  cat  being  part  of  an  incantation  to 
destroy  the  King  and  Queen  of  Scotland,  who  were  sailing  home  from 
Norway. 

Shakespeare  doubtless  had  this  in  mind  in  Macbeth  where  he  says : 

"First  Witch  .    .    .  :  Her  Husband's  to  Aleppo  gone,  master  o'  the 

Tiger : 

But  in  a  sieve  I'll  thither  sail, 
And,  like  a  rat  without  a  tail, 
I'll  do,  I'll  do,  I'll  do." 

The  death  of  Dr.  Fian  was  one  of  the  persecutions  for  witchcraft 
which  occurred  in  Scotland  under  James  I,  who  was  a  most  notable 
witch  finder. 

243.  HARINGTON,  Sir  JOHN.  (1561-1612.) 

Orlando/Furioso/in  English/Heroical  Verse,  by/Iohn  Har- 
ingto/Esquire/[  quotation  2  lines]./  [Colophon]  Imprinted  at 
London  by/Richard  Field  dwelling  in  the  Black-/friers  by 
Ludgate./i59i./  London,  1591 

First  edition;  small  folio;  ft8,  A-Z6,  Aa-Nn8,  Oo*  =  228  leaves,  in- 
cluding engraved  title  and  46  full-page  copper-plates. 

The  plates  are  copied  from  an  Italian  edition  but  differ  from  the 
Italian  and  are  much  coarser.  In  one  copy  they  are  colored  by  hand ;  it 


1 18  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

is  possible  that  they  were  done  as  a  sample,  for  Collier  (Rare  Books, 
Vol.  I,  p.  xxii)  says  that  there  was  a  project  on  hand  in  1593  to  print 
an  edition  with  colored  plates.  The  engraved  title-page  is  by  T.  Cock- 
son.  The  book  is  dedicated  to  Queen  Elizabeth. 

Shakespeare,  in  Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  adopted  an  incident  from 
this  poem  of  Ariosto's,  the  maid  who  impersonated  her  mistress  at  the 
window.  There  are  also  incidents  in  The  Tempest  which  may  be  traced 
to  this  work. 

244.  TROUBLESOME  REIGN  OF  KING  JOHN,  Part  One. 
The/Troublesome  Raigne/of  lohn  King  of  England,  with 

the  dis-/couerie  of  King  Richard  Cordelions/Base  sonne  (vul- 
garly named,  The  Ba-/stard  Fawconbridge) :  also  the/death 
of  King  lohn  at  Swinstead/Abbey./As  it  was  (sundry  times) 
publikely  acted  by  the/Queenes  Maiesties  Players,  in  the  ho-/ 
nourable  Citie  of /London./ [device] /Imprinted  at  London 
for  Sampson  Clarke, /and  are  to  be  solde  at  his  shop,  on  the 
backe-/side  of  the  Royall  Exchange./ 1 59 1./  London,  1591. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  black  letter ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  T.C.C. ;  2,  Huntington  (Perry  copy). 

The  second  part  also  appeared  in  1591  (see  next  entry). 

The  first  and  second  parts  were  reprinted  together  in  1611  and  have 
"Written  by  W.  Sh."  on  title,  and  the  third  edition,  1622,  has  the  full 
name  "by  W.  Shakespeare."  This  play  is  the  original  of  Shakespeare's 
King  John,  which  follows  it  closely,  almost  scene  for  scene.  He  adopted 
the  general  plot,  most  of  the  characters  and  occasional  lines  from  the 
earlier  play.  The  commercial  value  of  Shakespeare's  name  is  shown  by 
the  fraudulent  use  of  his  initials  in  the  second  edition  and  the  actual 
use  of  his  name  in  the  third.  Shakespeare's  King  John  was  not  printed 
until  it  appeared  in  the  First  Folio,  1623. 

245.  TROUBLESOME  REIGN  OF  KING  JOHN,  Part  Two. 
The/Second  part  of  the/troublesome  Raigne  of  King/Iohn, 

conteining  the  death/of  Arthur  Plantaginet,/the  landing  of 
Lewes,  and/the  poysning  of  King/Iohn  at  Swinstead/Abbey./ 
As  it  was  (sundry  times)  publikely  acted  by  the/Queenes 
Maiesties  Players,  in  the  ho-/nourable  Citie  of /London. /[or- 
nament]/Imprinted  at  London  for  Sampson  Clarke,/and  are 


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to  be  solde  at  his  shop,  on  the  backe-/side  of  the  Roy  all  Ex- 
change./ 1591.7  London,  1591. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  black  letter ;  A-E4  =  20  leaves. 

There  are  but  two  copies  known  of  the  first  edition  of  this  second 
part  of  the  pre-Shakespearian  King  John:  1,  T.C.C. ;  2,  Huntington 
(Perry  copy). 

246.  TROUBLESOME  REIGN  OF  KING  JOHN. 
The/First   and   second   Part   of/the   troublesome   Raigne 

of /John  King  of  England./With  the  discouerie  of  King  Rich- 
ard Cor-/delions  Base  sonne  (vulgarly  named,  The  Bastard/ 
Fawconbridge:)  Also,  the  death  of  King  lohn/at  Swinstead 
Abbey. /As  they  were  (sundry  times)  lately  acted  by/the 
Queenes  Maiesties  Players. /Written  by  W.  Sh./ [ornament]/ 
Imprinted  at  London  by  Valentine  Simmes  for  John  Helme,/ 
and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Saint  Dunstons/Churchyard 
in  Fleetestreet./ 1 6 1 1 ./  London,  1611. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

247.  TROUBLESOME  REIGN  OF  KING  JOHN. 
The/First   and   second   Part   of/the   troublesome   Raigne 

of/Iohn  King  of  England./With  the  discouerie  of  King  Rich- 
ard Cor-/delions  Base  sonne  (vulgarly  named,  the  Bastard/ 
Fauconbridge:)  Also  the  death  of  King/Iohn  at  Swinstead 
Abbey./As  they  were  (sundry  times)  lately  acted./Written 
by  W.  Shakespeare./ [device] /London, /Printed  by  Aug. 
Mathewes  for  Thomas  Dewe,  and  are  to/be  sold  at  his  shop  in 
St.  Dunstones  Church-/yard  in  Fleet-street,  l622./ 

London,  1622. 

Third  edition ;  410 ;  A-L4,  M2  =  46  leaves. 

In  this  edition  the  publisher  has  made  full  use  of  Shakespeare's  name, 
although  it  is  not  the  genuine  play  by  him. 

248.  DANIEL,  SAMUEL.  (1562-1619.) 
Delia./Contayning  certayne/Sonnets :  with  the/complaint 

of /Rosamond. /[quotation  2  lines] /At  London, /Printed  by 


12O  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

I.  C.  for  Si-/mon  Waterson,  dwelling  in/Paules  Churchyard 
at/the  signe  of  the  Crowne./ 1592.  London,  1592. 

First  edition ;  410;  A2,  B-G4,  H2,  Bb-Ff4,  G2  =  50  leaves. 

The  bibliography  of  these  two  poems  is  not  yet  settled  and  it  is 
practically  impossible  to  tell  which  copy  belongs  to  which  edition  with- 
out a  line  for  line  comparison.  All  early  editions  of  both  poems  are 
rare.  Delia  first  appeared  in  1592  and  was  reprinted  within  the  year; 
the  above  edition  is  considered  the  first  and  has  50  sonnets,  the  second 
has  54.  Rosamond  also  appeared  first  in  1592  and  ran  through  three 
editions  in  the  year.  The  above  edition  is  Rosamond  C ;  all  three  editions 
collate  differently. 

Shakespeare  was  much  influenced  by  Rosamond  and  traces  of  it 
appear  in  Lucrece,  A  Lover's  Complaint  and  Romeo  and  Juliet.  The 
subjects  are  of  the  same  nature  and  are  treated  in  much  the  same 
manner.  Shakespeare's  sonnets  also  owe  a  great  deal  to  Daniel,  espe- 
cially to  Delia,  and  there  are  lines  in  Twelfth  Night  which  are  an  echo 
of  that  poem. 

249.  GREENE,  ROBERT.  (i56o<?-!592.) 
Pandosto/The  Triumph/of  Time./Wherein  is  discovered/ 

by  a  pleasant  Historic,  that  although  by  the/meanes  of  sinister 
fortune  Truth  may  be  con-/cealed,  yet  by  Time  in  spite  of 
fortune  it/is  most  manifestly  revealed./Pleasant  for  age  to 
avoyd  drousie  thoughts,  profitable/for  youth  to  eschue  other 
wanton  pastimes,  and/bringing  to  both  a  desired  content./ 
[quotation  one  line] /By  Robert  Greene  Maister  of  Artes  in 
Cambridge./ [quotation  one  line,/ornament] /Imprinted  at 
London  for  I.  B.  dwelling  at  the  signe  of  the/Bible,  neare 
vnto  the  North  doore  of  Paules./i592./  London,  1592. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves. 

This  was  a  very  popular  tale,  which  first  appeared  in  1588  and  was 
reprinted  14  times  before  1700,  generally  with  the  title  Doras tus  and 
Fazunia.  The  first  edition  exists  in  one  imperfect  copy  only,  which  is  in 
the  British  Museum.  The  edition  here  described  is  also  known  by  one 
copy  only,  which  is  perfect  and  belongs  to  Mr.  White. 

Shakespeare  used  this  as  the  plot  of  his  Winter  s  Tale. 

250.  KYD,  THOMAS.  (1557^-1595?) 

The  [in  an  ornament]  /Spanish  Trage-/die,  Containing  the 


Source  Books.  121 

lamentable/end  of  Don  Horatio,/and  Bel-imperia  :/with  the 
pittifull  death  of/olde  Hieronimo./Newly  corrected  and 
amended  of  such  grosse  faults  as/passed  in  the  first  impres- 
sion./[device,  McK.  343] /At  London/Printed  by  Edward 
Allde,  for/Edward  White.  London,  n.d. 

Earliest  known  edition ;  8vo ;  A-K4,  L2  =  42  leaves. 

Only  one  copy  is  known,  that  in  the  British  Museum. 

Although  obviously  not  the  first  edition,  this  is  the  earliest  known. 
The  first  dated  (1594)  exists  in  one  copy  only,  that  at  Goettingen 
University. 

This  was  one  of  the  most  popular  plays  of  the  period  and  ran 
through  many  editions  before  1640.  The  success  of  this  play  probably 
induced  and  influenced  the  writing  of  Titus  Andronicus,  which  has 
many  points  of  resemblance. 

25oa.  DRAYTON,  MICHAEL.  (1563-1631.) 

Ideas/Mirrour./Amours/In  Quatorzains./[ quotation  one 
line] /At  London,/Printed  by  lames  Roberts,  for  Nicholas/ 
Linge.  Anno  1594/  London,  1594. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A2,  B-G4,  H2  =  28  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  Britwell  (Heber  copy)  ;  2,  White. 

Drayton's  sonnet  sequence  ran  through  four  early  editions,  differing 
largely  in  contents.  It  was  finally  reprinted  in  1619  containing  64 
sonnets,  some  from  each  of  the  preceding  editions  and  10  new  ones. 
The  first  edition  contained  only  51  sonnets. 

251.  THE  FIRST  PART  OF  THE  CONTENTION. 

The/First  part  of  the  Con-/tention  betwixt  the  two  famous 
Houses  of  Yorke/and  Lancaster,  with  the  death  of  the  good/ 
Duke  Humphrey  :/And  the  banishment  and  death  of  the  Duke 
of/Suffolke,  and  the  Tragicall  end  of  the  proud  Cardinall/of 
Winchester,  with  the  notable  Rebellion/of  lacke  Cade  :/And 
the  Duke  of  Yorkes  first  claime  vnto  the/Crowne./[  device, 
McK.  299] /London/Printed  by  Thomas  Creed,  for  Thomas 
Millington,/and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  vnder  Saint  Peters/ 
Church  in  Cornwall. /1594-/  London,  1594. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 


122  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Three  copies  are  known:  i,  Bodl.  (Tyssen-Heber  copy);  2,  Elham 
Church;  3,  Folger  (Mostyn- Perry  copy). 

The  second  edition  appeared  in  1600  and  the  third  in  1619  as  the 
first  part  of  The  Whole  Contention  between  Lancaster  and  York. 

It  was  finally  included  in  a  revised  form  in  the  First  Folio,  1623  as 
the  second  part  of  Henry  VI.  It  is  generally  agreed  that  Shakespeare 
is  responsible  for  a  large  portion  of  the  revisions  as  the  play  appears 
in  the  First  Folio,  but  authorities  differ  as  to  the  original  author  or 
authors  of  the  First  Part  of  the  Contention  and  as  to  the  amount  of 
work  which  Shakespeare  put  into  the  completed  form.  The  same  prob- 
lems occur  in  regard  to  the  True  Tragedy  of  Richard  Duke  of  York. 

252.  THE  FIRST  PART  OF  THE  CONTENTION. 

The /First  part  of  the  Con- /  tendon  betwixt  the  two 
famous  hou-/ses  of  Yorke  and  Lancaster,  with  the/death  of 
the  good  Duke/Humphrey  :/And  the  banishment  and  death  of 
the  Duke  of/Suffolke,  and  the  Tragical  end  of  the  prowd  Car- 
dinall/of  Winchester,  with  the  notable  Rebellion  of/Iacke 
Cade  :/And  the  Duke  of  Yorkes  first  clayme  to  the/Crowne./ 
[Simmes'  device] /London/Printed  by  Valentine  Simmes  for 
Thomas  Millington,  and/are  to  be  solde  at  his  shop  vnder  S. 
Peters  church/in  Cornewall./i6oo./  London,  1600. 

Second  edition ;  4±o ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 

Five  copies  are  known:  1-2,  Bodl.;  3,  T.C.C. ;  4,  Huntington 
(Bridgewater  copy)  ;  5,  Huntington  (Devonshire  copy). 

253.  THE  TRUE  TRAGEDY  OF  RICHARD  DUKE  OF  YORK. 
The  true  Tragedie  of  Richard/Duke  of  Yorke,  and  the 

death  of /good  King  Henrie  the  Sixt,/with  the  whole  conten- 
tion betweene/the  two  Houses  Lancaster/and  Yorke,  as  it  was 
sundrie  times/acted  by  the  Right  Honoura-/ble  the  Earle  of 
Pem-/brooke  his  seruants./[ device,  McK.  3O2]/Printed  at 
London  by  P.S[hort]  for  Thomas  Milling-/ton,  and  are  to  be 
sold  at  his  shoppe  vnder/Saint  Peters  Church  in/Cornwal. 
1595./  London,  1595. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-E8  =  40  leaves. 

Only  one  copy  is  known :  the  Pegge-Chalmers  copy  now  in  the  Bod- 
leian. 


Source  Books.  123 

This  is  an  earlier  form  of  the  play  which  appears  in  the  First  Folio 
as  the  third  part  of  Henry  VI.  The  original  author  or  authors  are  not 
definitely  known,  but  it  is  generally  considered  that  it  was  revised  by 
Shakespeare  and  Marlowe  about  1592  and  that  it  is  this  revision  which 
was  printed  in  1595  and  again  in  1600  and  1619  (as  the  second  part  of 
The  Whole  Contention^]  Some  time  after  1592,  Shakespeare  a  second 
time  worked  over  the  material  and  this  last  revision  was  published  in 
the  First  Folio  as  the  third  part  of  Henry  VI. 

254.  THE  TRUE  TRAGEDY  OF  RICHARDE  DUKE  OF  YORKE. 

The/True  Tragedie  of/Richarde  Duke  of/Yorke,  and  the 
death  of  good/King  Henrie  the  sixtr/VVith  the  whole  con- 
tention betweene  the  two/Houses,  Lancaster  and  Yorke;  as  it 
was/sundry  times  acted  by  the  Right/Honourable  the  Earle/ 
of  Pembrooke  his/seruantes./  [ornament]  /Printed  at  Londou 
\sic\  by  W.  W[hite]/for  Thomas  Millington,/and  are  to  be 
sold  at  his  shoppe  vnder  Saint/Peters  Church  in  Cornewall./ 
i6oo./  London,  1600. 

Second  edition ;  4to ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 

2^5.  THE  WHOLE  CONTENTION  BETWEEN  LANCASTER 
AND  YORK. 

The/Whole  Contention/betweene  the  two  Famous/Houses, 
Lancaster  and/Yorke./With  the  Tragicall  ends  of  the  good 
Duke/Humfrey,  Richard  Duke  of  Yorke,/and  King  Henrie 
the/sixt./Diuided  into  two  Parts :  And  newly  corrected  and/ 
enlarged.  Written  by  William  Shake-/speare,  Gent./[Heb 
Ddieu  device] /Printed  at  London,  for  T.  P[avier]/ 

London,  [1619]. 

Third  edition ;  4to ;  A-Z4,  Aa4,  Bb2  =  98  leaves,  Bb2  blank. 

This  is  the  third  edition  of  the  two  plays  which  were  first  printed 
in  1594  and  1595  as  The  First  Part  of  the  Contention  between  York 
and  Lancaster  and  The  True  Tragedy  of  Richard  Duke  of  York.  In 
a  revised  form,  they  appeared  in  the  First  Folio  as  the  last  two  parts 
of  Henry  VI.  See  No.  118. 

256.  PEELE,  GEORGE.  (1558 *?-! 597  2) 

The/Battell/of  Alcazar,  fought/in  Barbaric,  betweene  Se- 


124  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

bastian  king/of  Portugall,  and  Abdelmelec  king/of  Marocco. 
With  the/death  of  Captaine/Stukeley./As  it  was  sundrie 
times  plaid  by  the  Lord  high  Admi-/rall  his  seruants./[Allde's 
device] /Imprinted  at  London  by  Edward  Allde  for  Richard/ 
Bankworth,  and  are  to  be  solde  at  his  shoppe  in/Pouls  Church- 
yard at  the  signe  of  the/Sunne.  1 594-/  London,  1 594. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4,  G2  =  26  leaves,  the  last  blank. 
In  this  play  on  the  recto  of  €3  are  the  following  lines : 

"Feed  then  and  faint  not,  fair  Calypolis" 
and 

"Feed  and  be  fat,  that  we  may  meete  the  foe." 

In  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  II,  iv,  Pistol,  among  other  bits  from  various 
plays,  says: 

"Feed  and  be  fat,  my  fair  Callipolis." 

257.  THE  TAMING  OF  A  SHREW. 

A/Pleasant  Conceited/Historic,  called  The  taming/of  a 
Shrew. /As  it  was  sundry  times  acted  by  the/Right  honorable 
the  Earle  of/Pembrook  his  seruants./ [device] /Printed  at 
London  by  Peter  Short  and/are  to  be  sold  by  Cutbert  Burbie, 
at  his/shop  at  the  Royall  Exchange./ 1 594.7  London,  1594. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-F4,  G2  =  26  leaves. 

The  only  known  copy  is  now  the  property  of  Mr.  Huntington.  It 
has  belonged  successively  to  Malone,  Inglis,  Heber  and  the  Duke  of 
Devonshire.  Hazlett  says  it  probably  belonged  to  A.  Pope  and  was 
offered  in  Longman's  Catalogue,  1817. 

This  is  the  first  edition  of  the  source  play-  from  which  Shakespeare 
drew  the  Induction  and  the  plot  of  Katherine  and  Petruchio  for  his 
Taming  of  the  Shrew.  It  was  reprinted  in  1596  and  1607. 

258.  THE  TRUE  TRAGEDY  OF  RICHARD  THIRD. 
The/True  Tragedie  of  Ri-/chard  the  third  .'/Wherein  is 

showne  the  death  of  Edward  the/fourth,  with  the  smothering 
of  the  two/yoong  Princes  in  the  Tower  :/With  a  lamentable 
ende  of  Shores  wife,  an  example/for  all  wicked  women./And 
lastly,  the  conjunction  and  ioyning  of  the  two  noble/Houses, 


Source  Books.  125 

Lancaster  and  Yorke./As  it  was  played  by  the  Queenes  Maies- 
ties/Players./  [Creede's  device]  /London/  [Printed  by  Thomas 
Creede,  and  are  to  be  sold  by/William  Barley,  at  his  shop  in 
Newgate  Market,  neare/Christ  Church  doore.  i^g^../ 

London,  1594. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-H4,  I2  =  34  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  Folger;  2,  Huntington  (Rhodes- 
Dent-Devonshire  copy)  ;  3,  Pforzheimer  (Perkins-Britwell  copy). 

This  anonymous  play  was  first  acted  about  1591  and  Shakespeare 
probably  used  it  as  a  rough  basis  for  parts  of  his  play  of  Richard  HI. 

Shakespeare's  play,  V,  iv,  7-13,  reads: 

"King  R.:  A  horse !  a  horse !  my  kingdom  for  a  horse ! 
Gate:  Withdraw,  my  lord;  I'll  help  you  to  a  horse. 
King  R.r  Slave,  I  have  set  my  life  upon  a  cast, 
And  I  will  stand  the  hazard  of  the  die  : 
I  think  there  be  six  Richmonds  in  the  field ; 
Five  have  I  slain  today  instead  of  him. 
A  horse !  a  horse !  my  kingdom  for  a  horse !" 

The  corresponding  lines  in  the  source  play  read : 

"King:  A  horse,  a  horse,  a  fresh  horse. 

Page:  A  flie  my  Lord,  and  save  your  life. 

King:  Flie  villaine,  looke  I  as  tho  I  would  flie,  no  first  shall  this 
dull  and  senceless  ball  of  earth  receive  my  bodie  cold  and 
void  of  sence,  you  watery  heavens  rowle  on  my  gloomy  day, 
and  darksome  cloudes  close  up  my  cheerfull  sownde,  downe 
is  thy  sunne  Richard,  neuer  to  shine  againe." 

259.  MAROCCUS  EXTATICUS. 

Maroccus  Extaticus./Or,/Bankes/Bay  Horse  in/a  Trance./ 
A  Discourse  set  downe  in  a  merry  Dialogue,  between/Bankes 
and  his  beast:  Anatomizing  some  abu-/ses  and  bad  trickes  of 
this  age./Written  and  intituled  to  mine  Host  of  the  Belsauage, 
/and  all  his  honest  Guests./By  lohn  Dando  the  wierdrawer  of 
Hadley,  and  Harrie  Runt, /head  Ostler  of  Bosomes  Inne./ [or- 
nament]/Printed  for  Cuthbert  Burby./i595./  London,  1595. 

First  edition;  410;  A-C4,  D2=i8  leaves,  the  first  blank.  With  a 
woodcut  of  Bankes  and  his  horse  on  A4  verso. 

Four   copies    are   known:    i,   B.M.    (Heber-Daniel-Tite    copy);    2, 


126  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Bodl. ;  3,  Britwell;  4,  White  (Gordonstoun-Midgely-Bindley-Perry- 
Jolley-Corser-Huth  copy). 

It  is  probable  that  Bankes'  horse  was  first  exhibited  in  London  about 
1590.  The  first  notice  is  in  a  manuscript  copy  of  one  of  Dr.  Donne's 
Satires  dated  1593  (B.M.,  Harl.  MSS.,  No.  5110).  The  horse  and  his 
master  are  mentioned  in  many  books  of  the  period. 

It  is  said  that  they  were  both  burned  alive  in  Rome  as  wizards. 

Shakespeare  alludes  to  this  horse  in  Loves  Labors  Lost,  I,  ii,  53,  etc. 

"Moth:  Why,  sir,  is  this  such  a  piece  of  study?  .  .  .  How  easy  it 
is  to  put  years  to  the  word  three,  and  study  three  years  in  two  words, 
the  dancing  horse  will  tell  you." 

260.  MORLEY,  THOMAS.  (1557-1604?) 

Altus./Of /Thomas  Morley/The  First  Booke  of/Balletts./ 
To /Five  Voyces./ [device,  McK.  305]  /In  London /By 
Thomas  Este./CI3. 13.XC.  V./  London,  1595. 

First  edition;  4to;  [A]2,  B-D,4  E2=  16  leaves. 

Issued  in  five  parts  for  Cantus ;  Altus ;  Tenor ;  Bassus ;  and  Quintus. 
Each  part  has  title,  pagination  and  signatures  the  same  except  for  the 
name  of  the  part  at  top  of  title. 

In  Taming  of  the  Shrew,  IV,  i,  there  is  an  allusion  to  the  madrigal 
beginning,  "Fyer  Fyer,  my  hart."  Grumio  says,  "O,  ay,  Curtis,  ay ;  and 
therefore  fire,  fire ;  cast  on  no  water." 

261.  PLAUTUS,  TITUS  MACCIUS.  (254^-184  B.  C.) 
Menaecmi.  /  flA  Pleasant  and  fine  Con-/ceited  Comsedie, 

taken  out  of  the  most  ex-/cellent  wittie  Poet  Plautus:/ 
Chosen  purposely  from  out  the  rest,  as  least  harmefull,  and/ 
yet  most  delightfull./Written  in  English,  by  W.  W./ [device, 
McK.  299] /London/Printed  by  Tho.  Creede,/and  are  to  be 
sold  by  William  Barley,  at  his/shop  in  Gratious  streete./ 
1595-/  London,  1595. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-E*,  F2  =  22  leaves,  the  first  and  last  blank. 

Five  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl.;  3,  Huntington  (Bridge- 
water  copy)  ;  4,  Huntington  (Devonshire  copy)  ;  5,  Jones  (Huntington 
copy). 

Although  this  is  the  first  edition,  it  was  circulated  in  manuscript  for 
some  time  before  it  was  printed  and  Shakespeare  may  have  seen  the 


Source  Books.  127 

manuscript  before  he  wrote  The  Comedy  of  Errors,  which  is  generally 
considered  to  be  as  early  as  1594.  It  is  also  possible  that  he  may  have 
read  Plautus  in  the  original  at  school.  The  plot  of  The  Comedy  of 
Errors  is  undoubtedly  taken  from  Plautus. 

262.  SILVAYN,  ALEXANDER. 

The  Orator  i/Handling  a  hundred  seuerall  Dis-/courses,  in 
forme  of  Declamations :  Some/of  the  Arguments  being  drawne 
from  Titus/Liuius  and  other  ancient  Writers,  the  rest  of /the 
Authors  owne  inuention:  Part  of  which/are  of  matters  hap- 
pened in/our  Age./Written  in  French  by  Alexander  Siluayn,/ 
and  Englished  by  L.  P./ [device] /London/Printed  by  Adam 
Islip./ 1596.7  London,  1596. 

First  edition ;  410  in  eights ;  A4,  B-Z8,  Aa-Ee8,  Ff4  =  224  leaves,  the 
first  probably  blank. 

It  is  considered  probable  that  Anthony  Munday  used  L[azarus] 
P[yott]  as  a  pen  name  in  some  of  his  translations. 

On  page  400  is  Declamation  95,  "Of  a  Jew  who  would  for  his  debt 
have  a  pound  of  the  flesh  of  a  Christian."  Shakespeare  had  probably 
written  or  was  writing  Merchant  of  Venice  by  the  time  this  book  was 
published,  but  he  may  have  known  Silvayn's  book  in  the  original  French 
edition,  1575. 

The  story  first  appeared  in  Giovanni  Fiorentino's  //  Pecorone,  1554, 
whence  Silvayn  took  it.  Some  of  the  incidents  in  Shakespeare  are  not 
found  in  Silvayn  but  do  appear  in  //  Pecorone. 

263.  THE  FAMOUS  VICTORIES  OF  HENRY  THE  FIFTH. 
The/Famous  Vic-/tories  of  Henry  the/fifth  r/Containing 

the  Honou-/rable  Battell  of  Agin-court  :/As  it  was  plaide  by 
the  Queenes  Maiesties/Players./[Creede's  device] /London/ 
Printed  by  Thomas  Creede,  1598./  London,  1598. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  black  letter ;  A-F4,  G2  =  26  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  i,  Bodl. ;  2,  Huntington  (Devonshire 
copy). 

This  is  the  source  play  which  Shakespeare  probably  consulted  in 
writing  the  two  parts  of  Henry  IV  and  Henry  V,  although  he  drew 
more  from  Holinshed's  Chronicle.  This  earlier  play  was  acted  before 
1590  but  not  printed  until  1598;  it  was  reprinted  in  1617. 


128  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

264.  THE  FAMOUS  VICTORIES  OF  HENRY  THE  FIFTH. 

The/Famous  Vic-/tories  of  Henry/The  fifth./Containing/ 
the  Honourable  Battell  of/Agin-Court./As  it  was  Acted  by 
the  Kinges  Maiesties  /  Seruants.  /  [ornament]  /  London  /  Im- 
printed by  Barnard  Alsop,  dwelling/in  Garter  place  in  Bar- 
bican./ 1617.7  London,  1617. 

Second  edition  ;  410  ;  A-F4,  G2  =  26  leaves. 

Five  copies  are  traced:  i,  B.M.  ;  2,  Bodl.  ;  3,  T.C.C.  ;  4,  Folger;  5, 
White  (Mostyn  copy). 

Some  copies  of  the  book  have  a  different  imprint;  the  title  is  the 
same  above  the  imprint,  which  reads  :  "London,/Imprinted  by  Barnard 
Alsop,  and  are  to  be  sold  by/Tymothie  Barlow,  at  his  shop  in  Paules 
Church-yard,  at  the  Signe  of  the  Bull-head./iCiy."  There  is  no  reason 
to  suppose  that  one  state  is  earlier  than  the  other. 

There  are  four  copies  known  of  this  imprint:  1,  B.M.  ;  2,  Bodl.;  3, 
Huntington  (Devonshire  copy)  ;  4,  Rosenbach  (Perry  copy). 


265.  MONTEMAYOR,  GEORGE  DE. 

Diana/of  George  of/Montemayor  :  /Translated  out  of 
Spanish  into  English  by  Bartholomew/Yong  of  the  Middle/ 
Temple  Gentleman/  [ornament]  /At  London,  /Printed  by 
Edm.  Bollifant,/Impensis  G.  B[ishop  ?]/  1  5Q8./ 

London,  1598. 

First  edition  in  English;  folio;  a4,  A-Z6,  Aa-Rr6,  Ss8  =  252  leaves. 
Dedicated  to  Lady  Rich,  the  original  of  Sidney's  "Stella." 

Young  says  in  his  preface:  "This  has  lain  by  me  finished  sixteen 
years."  The  original  was  published  in  Valencia,  n.d.  [c.  1560].  A 
French  translation  was  issued  in  Paris  in  1587,  which  Shakespeare  may 
have  read  or  he  may  have  seen  Young's  translation  in  manuscript.  The 
story  of  the  shepherdess  Felismena,  on  page  54,  etc.,  is  certainly  the 
source  of  the  story  of  Proteus  and  Julia  in  Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona, 
while  Twelfth  Night  also  shows  points  of  resemblance. 

266.  SOLIMON  AND  PERSEDA. 

The/Tragedie/of  Solimon  and/Perseda./Wherein  is  laide 
open,  Loues/constancie,  Fortunes  incon-/stancie,  and  Deaths/ 
Triumphs./  [ornament]  /At  London  /  Printed  by  Edward 
Allde,  for/Edward  White,  and  are  to  be  solde  at/the  little 


Source  Books.  129 

North  doore  of  Paules  Church,/at  the  signe  of  the  Gun./ 
[Colophon]  Imprinted  at  London  for  Edward/White,  and  are 
to  be  sold  at  his  shop,  at  the/little  North  doore  of  S.  Paules 
Church/at  the  signe  of  the  Gunne.  1599.7  London,  1599. 

First  edition,  first  issue ;  8vo  in  fours ;  A-H4,  I2  =  34  leaves. 

The  second  issue  has  a  new  title-page,  with  "Newly  corrected  and 
amended"  on  it,  otherwise  it  is  the  same  as  the  first  issue.  A  very  clever 
facsimile  appeared  about  1812  which  is  sometimes  mistaken  for  the 
genuine.  At  the  bottom  of  the  verso  of  the  title  should  be  a  line  stating 
that  this  reprint  was  made  by  James  Smeeton,  but  this  line  has  been 
removed  in  most  copies  and  the  title  is  either  cropped  or  mended  in  the 
lower  margin. 

In  King  John,  I,  i,  Shakespeare  refers  to  the  character  of  Basilisco 
in  this  play : 

"Lady  Faulconbridge:  What  means  this  scorn,  thou  most  untoward 

knave? 

Bastard:  Knight,  knight,  good  mother,  Basilisco-like." 

Basilisco  is  a  braggart  character  like  Parolles,  Pistol,  and  Falstaff. 

There  are  also  reminiscences  of  Solimon  and  Perseda  in  Merchant  of 

Venice  and  Othello. 

267.  STOKER,  THOMAS.  (1571-1604.) 

The/Life  and  Death/of  Thomas  Wolsey/Cardinall./Di- 
uided  into  three  parts : /His/Aspiring, /Triumph,  and  Death./ 
By  Thomas  Storer  Student  of  Christ-/church  in  Oxford./ [or- 
nament]/At  London/Printed  by  Thomas  Dawson./ 1599.7 

London,  1599. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-K*  =  40  leaves.  £4  and  K4  are  blank. 

Shakespeare  must  have  read  this  book  before  writing  Henry  VIII, 
for  Storer  says : 

"And  had  the  dutie  to  my  God  bin  such, 
As  it  was  faithful  seruing  to  the  King, 
Then  had  my  conscience  free  from  feare  or  touch, 
Mounted  aloft  on  Cherubins  swift  wing, 
In  holy  consort  borne  a  Part  to  sing." 

Henry  VIII,  III,  ii,  455-457 : 

"Had  I  but  served  my  God  with  half  the  zeal 
I  served  my  king,  He  would  not  in  mine  age 
Have  left  me  naked  to  mine  enemies." 


130  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

268.  JONES,  ROBERT. 

The/First  Booke/of  Songes  or  Ayers  of/foure  parts  with 
Ta-/bleture  for  the  Lute./So  made  that  all  the/parts  together, 
or  either  of /them  seuerally  may  be  song/to  the  Lute,  Orphe- 
rian/or  Viol  de  gambo./Composed  by  Robert  Tones./  [quota- 
tion one  line] /Printed  by  Peter  Short  with  the  assent/of 
Thomas  Morley,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  the/signe  of  the  Starre 
on  Bredstreet  hill./i6oo./  London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  folio ;  A2,  B-F4,  G2  =  24  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M.  (lacking  title,  dedication  and 
address  to  the  reader)  ;  2,  White  (Watson-Sharpe-Craig-Halliwell  copy, 
lacking  D2,  D4,  G1,  G2). 

Song  13  is  quoted  with  some  variations  by  Shakespeare  in  Twelfth 
Night,  II,  iii : 

"Sir  Toby:  Farewell,  dear  heart,  since  I  must  needs  be  gone. 
Clown :  His  eyes  do  show  his  days  are  almost  done,"  etc. 

269.  HUON  OF  BORDEAUX. 

The/Ancient, /Honorable,  Famous,/and  delightfull  His- 
toric of  Huon  of /Bordeaux,  one  of  the  Peeres  of/Fraunce,  and 
Duke  of  Guyenne./Enterlaced  with  the  loue  of  many  La-/ 
dies,  as  also  the  fortunes  and  aduentures  of  Knights/errant, 
their  amorous  Seruants./Being  now  the  Third  time  imprinted, 
and  the  rude  Eng-/lish  Corrected  and  amended./ [ornament] 
/London/.  Printed  by  Thomas  Purfoot,  and  are  to  be  sould 
by/Edward  White,  at  his  shop  at  the  little  North  dore/of 
Poules  at  the  signe  of  the  Gunne.  1601.  London,  1601. 

Third  edition;  4to  in  eights;  black  letter;  4L2>  A-Z8,  Aa-Ss8,  Tt4, 
Uu2  =  336  leaves. 

The  first  edition  appeared  in  1534  and  the  only  known  copy  belongs 
to  Lord  Crawford ;  it  was  reprinted  for  the  Early  English  Text  Society 
in  1883-85,  with  an  introduction  by  Sir  Sidney  Lee.  The  second  edition 
was  printed  in  1570  but  no  copy  is  now  known.  Four  copies  of  the  third 
edition  can  be  located:  i,  B.M.;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  Rylands;  4,  White  (Brit- 
well  copy). 

The  name  Oberon  as  king  of  the  fairies  is  first  found  in  this  romance 
of  the  time  of  Charlemagne  but  Shakespeare's  fairies  in  Midsummer 


Source  Books.  131 

Night's  Dream  are  very  different  beings  from  the  warrior  knights  of 
the  old  French  tales. 

270.  JACKE  DRUMS  ENTERTAINMENT. 

lacke  Drums  Enter-/tainment  :/Or/The  Comedie/Of  Pas- 
quill  and  Katherine./As  it  hath  bene  sundry  times  plaide  by 
the/Children  of  Powles./[Creede's  device,  McK.  299] /At 
London/Printed  for  Richard  Olive,  dwelling  in  Long/Lane. 
160 1./  London,  1601. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-I*  =  36  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
Shakespeare  refers  to  this  play  in  All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  III, 
vi,  36-42. 

"2.  Lord,  O,  for  the  love  of  laughter,  let  him  fetch  his  drum ;  ...  if 
you  give  him  not  John  Drum's  entertainment,  your  inclining  cannot  be 
removed." 

271.  FLORIO,  JOHN.  (15532-1625.) 
The/Essayes/Or/Morall,     Politike     and    Millitarie/Dis- 

courses/of /Lo :  Michaell  de  Montaigne,/ [4  lines] /The  first 
Booke/First  written  by  him  in  French./And/now  done  into 
English/By /lohn  Florio./Printed  at  London  by  Val.  Sims  for 
Edward  Blount  dwelling/in  Paules  churchyard.  i6o3-/ 

London,  1603. 

First  edition  in  English ;  folio ;  A8,  f,  B-Q6,  R4,  S-Z6,  Aa-Zz6,  Aaa- 
Kkk6  =  338  leaves. 

Shakespeare  was  familiar  with  this  book  and  his  description  of  the 
natural  Commonwealth  in  Tempest,  II,  i,  145-164,  is  taken  from  it.  The 
theory  that  Florio  was  the  original  of  Holofernes  in  Loves  Labors 
Lost  is  now  generally  rejected. 

There  is  a  copy  of  this  work  in  the  British  Museum  with  Shake- 
speare's name  in  it,  but  it  is  generally  considered  that  it  is  a  spurious 
signature. 

272.  HARSNET,  SAMUEL.  (1561-1631.) 

A/Declaration  of  egregi-/ous  Popish  Impostures,  to  with- 
draw the/harts  of  her  Maiesties  Subiects  from  their/alle- 
geance,  and  from  the  truth  of  Christian  Religion/professed  in 


132  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

England,  vnder  the  pretence  of /casting  out  deuils./Practised 
by  Edmunds,  alias/Weston  a  Jesuit,  and  diuers  Romish/ 
Priests  his  wicked  associates./Where-vnto  are  annexed  the 
Copies  of  the/Confessions,  and  Examinations  of  the  parties 
themselues,/which  were  pretended  to  be  possessed,  and  dis- 
possessed,/taken  vpon  oath  before  her  Maiesties/Commis- 
sioners,  for  causes  Eccle-/siasticall./ [ornament] /At  London/ 
Printed  by  lames  Roberts,  dwelling  in/Barbican.  i6o3./ 

London,  1603. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-Z4,  Aa-Nn4,  Oo2  =  146  leaves. 

This  account  of  the  casting  out  of  devils  by  the  Roman  Catholic 
priests  in  1585-86  contains  a  number  of  names  of  devils,  some  of  which 
Shakespeare  used  in  King  Lear,  III,  iv  and  vi ;  and  IV,  i : 

"Edgar:  This  is  the  foul  fiend  Flibbertigibbet. 


Edgar:  Peace,  Smulkin;  peace,  thou  fiend! 

The  Prince  of  darkness  is  a  gentleman : 
Modo  he's  called,  and  Mahu. 


Edgar:  .  .  .  five  fiends  ...  as  Obdicut,  Hobbididance,  Mahu, 
Modo,  Flibbertigibbet. 


Edgar:  Frateretto  calls  me." 

273.  THE  TRUE  CHRONICLE  HISTORY  OF  KING  LEIR. 

The/True  Chronicle  Hi-/story  of  King  Leir,  and  his  three/ 
daughters,  Gonorill,  Ragan,/and  Cordella./As  it  hath  bene 
diuers  and  sundry/ times  lately  acted./ [ornament] /London,/ 
Printed  by  Simon  Stafford  for  lohn/Wright,  and  are  to  bee 
sold  at  his  shop  at/Christes  Church  dore,  next  Newgate-/ 
Market.  i6o5./  London,  1605. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves. 

Five  copies  are  known :  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Folger  (Huth  copy)  ;  3,  Hunting- 
ton  (Rowf ant-Church  copy)  ;  4,  Rosenbach  (Perry  copy)  ;  5,  Mostyn 
(now  untraced). 

This  is  the  anonymous  source  play,  first  acted  in  1594,  on  which 
Shakespeare  based  his  King  Lear.  This  play  is  itself  based  on  Holinshed 


Source  Books.  133 

and  follows  the  early  versions  of  the  tale  in  finally  replacing  Lear  on 
his  throne  by  the  aid  of  Cordelia  and  the  King  of  France. 

274.  CAESAR  AND  POMPEY. 

The  /Tragedie/  of  /Caesar  and  Pompey/ or/ Caesars /Re- 
uenge./[  Eld's  device,  McK.  320] /At  London/Imprinted  by 
G.  E[ld]  for  lohn  Wright,  and  are  to  bee/sould  at  his  shop  at 
Christ-church  Gate./  London,  [c.  1606]. 

First  edition,  first  issue ;  4to ;  A- 1*  =  36  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  V.  &  A.M.  (Dyce  copy)  ;  2,  Hunt- 
ington  (Devonshire  copy)  ;  3,  Huth  (now  untraced). 

The  second  issue,  dated  1607,  differs  only  in  the  title-page  which 
reads :  "The/Tragedie/of /Caesar  and  Pompey./Or/Caesars/Reuenge./ 
Priuately  acted  by  the  Sudentes  [sic]  of  Trinity/College  in  Oxford./ At 
London/Imprinted  for  Nathaniel  Fosbrooke  and  lohn  Wright,  and  are 
to  be  sould  in  Paules  Church-yard  at  the/signe  of  the  Helmet./ 1607." 
Copies  of  this  are  found:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  White. 

The  play  was  doubtless  written  by  1594  and  is  the  play  referred  to 
by  Henslowe.  It  may  have  served  as  a  source  play  for  Shakespeare  and 
is  perhaps  the  play  referred  to  by  Polonius  in  Hamlet,  III,  ii,  108. 

275.  RAVENSCROFT,  THOMAS.  (1592*?- 1635?) 
Deuteromelia  :/Or/The  Second  part  of/Musicks  melodic, 

or/melodius  Musicke./ Of /Pleasant  Roundel  aies ;/ K.  H. 
mirth,  or/Freemens  Songs. /And/such  delightfull  Catches./ 
[quotation  7  lines] /London  I/Printed  for  Thomas  Adams, 
dwelling  in/Paules  Church-yard  at  the  signe/of  the  white 
Lion.  i6o9-/  London,  1609. 

First  edition;  410;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  Ai  blank  except  for  signature- 
mark,  F4  probably  blank. 

Four  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl.;  3,  Huth  (now  untraced)  ; 
4,  White. 

Ravenscroft  was  a  graduate  in  music  at  Cambridge  before  he  was 
fifteen.  This  volume,  as  its  title  indicates,  was  the  Second  Part  of  Pam- 
melia,  1609,  which  was  the  first  English  collection  containing  Rounds 
or  Catches.  It  is  the  first  appearance  in  print  of  No.  10,  "Hold  thy 
peace,  thou  knave,"  snatches  from  which  are  sung  by  Sir  Toby  Belch 
in  Twelfth  Night,  which  was  written  about  160001.  This  collection 
also  contains  the  earliest  version  of  "Three  Blind  Mice." 


134  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

276.  VIRGINIA. 

A/True  Decla-/ration  of  the/estate  of  the  Colonie  in/Vir- 
ginia,/With  a  confutation  of  such  scan-/dalous  reports  as  haue 
tended  to  the  dis-/grace  of  so  worthy  an  enterprise./Published 
by  aduise  and  direction  of  the/Councell  of  Virginia./ [device] 
/London, /Printed  for  William  Barret,  and  are  to  be  sold/at 
the  blacke  Beare  in  Pauls  Church-yard./ 1 6 lo./ 

London,  1610. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves,  A 1  blank  except  for  signature- 
mark. 

In  all  probability  Shakespeare  read  this  or  some  other  account  of  the 
Bermudas  before  writing  The  Tempest,  where,  in  I,  ii,  he  refers  to  "The 
still  vexed  Bermoothes."  A  fleet  of  nine  vessels  under  command  of  Sir 
Thomas  Gates  sailed  for  Virginia  in  May,  1609,  and  Gates'  own  ship 
was  separated  from  the  others  by  a  storm  and  driven  ashore  on  Ber- 
muda. After  nine  months  there,  the  party  sailed  for  Virginia  in  two 
pinnaces  which  they  had  built  on  the  island. 

Another  book  on  the  same  subject  with  which  he  may  have  been 
familiar  is  A  discovery  of  the  Bermudas,  otherwise  called  the  Isle  of 
Devils. 

277.  A  MIRROUR  FOR  MAGISTRATES. 
A/Mirrour/for  Magi-/strates  :/Being  a  True  Chronicle/ 

Historic  of  the  Vntimely/falles  of  such  vnfortunate  Princes 
and  men  of  note,/as  haue  happened  since  the  first  entrance  of 
Brute/into  this  Hand,  vntill  this  our/latter  Age./Newly  en- 
larged with  a  last/part,  called  A  Winter  nights  Vision,  being 
an  addition/of  such  Tragedies,  especially  famous,  as  are  ex- 
empted/in the  former  Historic,  with  a  Poem  annexed,/called 
Englands  Eliza./ [device,  McK.  274] /At  London/Imprinted 
by  Felix  Kingston./ 16  io./  London,  1610. 

First  collected  edition;  4to  in  eights;  A8,  B2,  C-Z8,  Aa-Zz8,  Aaa- 
Kkk8,  L116  =  448  leaves. 

This  is  the  first  collected  edition  of  all  three  parts  of  this  well-known 
collection  of  poems  on  the  history  of  England,  from  the  earliest  mythi- 
cal times  to  the  reign  of  Richard  III.  The  various  parts  were  very 
popular  and  ran  through  many  editions  in  the  sixteenth  century.  Shake- 
speare was  familiar  with  it  and  used  the  story  of  Queen  Cordila  for 


Source  Books.  135 

some  points  in  King  Lear.  This  collection  also  contains  the  story  of 
Locrine,  which  was  used  in  the  anonymous  play  of  that  name,  first 
printed  in  1595,  and  wrongly  attributed  to  Shakespeare  in  the  Third 
Folio,  1664. 

A  copy  is  known  which  contains  a  dedication  to  Prince  Henry  signed 
by  Richard  Niccols,  as  the  original  leaf  004.  Most  copies  have  a  dedi- 
cation to  Charles  Howard,  Earl  of  Nottingham,  as  004,  the  dedication 
to  "A  Winter  Night's  Vision,"  but  in  some  copies  this  leaf  is  lacking. 


CONTEMPORARY  NOTICES 


Contemporary  ZN^otices. 


278.  GREENE,  ROBERT.  (1560  2-1592.) 

Greenes, /Groats- worth/of  witte,  bought  with  a/million  of 
Repentance./Describing  the  follie  of  youth,  the  falshood  of 
make-/shifte  flatterers,  the  miserie  of  the  negligent,/and  mis- 
chiefes  of  deceiuing/Courtezans./Written  before  his  death 
and  published  at  his/dyeing  request./ [quotation  one  line,/ 
ornament] /London/Imprinted  for  William  Wright./ 15Q2./ 

London,  1592. 

First  edition ;  8vo  in  fours ;  3  leaves  without  signature-marks,  B-F*  = 
23  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  White. 

On  the  verso  of  Fi,  lines  23,  etc.,  is  found  the  first  reference  to  Shake- 
speare; the  quotation,  "Tygers  hart  wrapped  in  a  Players  Hyde,"  is  a 
parody  on  the  line,  "Oh  Tygers  hart  wrapt  in  a  womans  hide,"  which  is 
applied  to  Queen  Margaret  in  Henry  FI,  Part  III,  I,  iv.  The  term 
"Shake-scene"  is  plainly  meant  for  "Shake-speare." 

279.  NASH,  THOMAS.  (1567*?- 1600?) 

Pierce  Penilesse  his/Supplicaton  to  the/Diuell. /Describing 
the  ouer-spreading  of /Vice,  and  suppression  of/Vertue./Pleas- 
antly  interlac'd  with  variable  de-/lights;  and  pathetically  in- 
termixt/with  conceipted  reproofes./Written  by  Thomas  Nash 
Gentleman./ [Heb  Ddieu  device] /London, /Imprinted  by 
Richard  Ihones,  dwelling  at/the  Signe  of  the  Rose  and 
Crowne,/nere  Holburne  Bridge. /i 592. /  London,  1592. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A2,  B-L*  =  42  leaves. 

Four  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Britwell;  3,  Folger  (Halliwell- 
Perry  copy)  ;  4,  White  (Rowfant  copy). 

Two  other  editions  appeared  in  1592;  the  second  has  title:  "Pierce 
Penilesse/His  Supplication/to  the  Diuell./ [quotation  one  line] /Written 
by  Tho.  Nash,  Gent./ [device] /London./Printed  by  Abell  lefles,  for/ 
lohn  Busbie,  1592."  This  collates:  C.4,  A-C4,  D&E  i  leaf,  F-L*  =  4i 
leaves.  The  third  edition  reads:  "Pierce  Penilesse/His  Supplication/to 


140  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

the  Diuell./  [quotation  one  line]  /Written  by  Tho.  Nash,  Gent,  [device] 
/London./printed  by  Abell  leffes,  for/I.  B^usbyj  1592."  This  collates: 
C.2,  A-P  =  38  leaves. 

In  the  sarcastic  Epistle  to  the  Printer,  Nash  disclaims  all  respon- 
sibility for  Greenes  Groatsworth  of  Wit,  in  which  Shakespeare  was 
attacked  by  Greene  under  the  guise  of  an  "upstart  Crow." 

On  ¥2  recto  is  a  reference  to  a  character  in  the  first  part  of  Henry 
VI,  which  is  partly  by  Shakespeare  : 

"How  would  it  have  joyd  braue  Talbot  (the  terror  of  the  French)  to 
thinke  that  after  he  had  lyne  two  hundred  yeares  in  his  Tombe,  hee 
should  triumphe  againe  on  the  Stage,  and  haue  his  bones  newe  em- 
balmed with  the  teares  of  ten  thousand  spectators  at  least,  (at  seuerall 
times),  who,  in  the  Tragedian  that  represents  his  person,  imagine  they 
behold  him  fresh  bleeding." 


280.  CHETTLE,  HENRY.  ( 
Kind-Harts/Dreame./Conteining   fiue   Apparitions,    with 

their/Inuectiues  against  abuses  raigning./Deliuered  by  seuerall 
Ghosts  vnto  him  to/be  publisht,  after  Piers  Penilesse  Post/ 
had  refused  the  carriage.  /[quotation  one  line]  /by  H.  C./  [de- 
vice] /Imprinted  at  London  for  William  Wright. 

London,  [1593]. 

First  edition  ;  410  ;  A-G4,  H2  =  30  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

Five  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M.  ;  2-3,  Bodl.  ;  4,  White  (Huth  copy)  ; 
5,  Folger. 

Chettle  was  the  publisher  of  Greenes  Groatsworth  of  Wit,  1592, 
which  contained  the  first  reference  to  Shakespeare.  The  reference  is 
uncomplimentary  and  in  the  Preface  to  this  work  Chettle  apologizes 
for  it  and  regrets  that  he  did  not  suppress  it.  The  two  "playmakers" 
referred  to  are  supposed  to  be  Marlowe  and  Shakespeare. 

281.  CHETTLE. 

Englandes  Mourning/  Garment  :/Worne  here  by  plaine 
Shepheardes  ;/in  memorie  of  their  sacred  Mistresse,/Eliza- 
beth,  Queene  of  Vertue  while  shee/liued,  and  Theame  of 
Sorrow,/being  dead./To  which  is  added  the  true  manner 
of  her/Emperiall  Funerall.  /After  which  foloweth  the  Shep- 
heards  Spring-Song,/for  entertainement  of  King  lames  our/ 


Contemporary  Notices.  141 

most  potent  Soueraugne. /Dedicated  to  all  that  loued  the  de- 
ceased Queene,/and  honor  the  liuing  King. /[quotation  one 
line  /  ornament]  /  ^Printed  at  London  by  V.  S[immes]  for 
Thomas  Millington,  and  are/to  be  sold  at  his  shop  vnder 
saint  Peters  Church  in  Cornhil.  London,  [1603]. 

First  edition,  first  issue ;  410 ;  A-F*  =  24  leaves,  the  last  probably 
blank. 

Apparently  it  was  issued  first  without  the  Shepheards  Spring-Song, 
and  reissued  with  this  added  but  with  no  other  differences.  The  entire 
book  was  reprinted  in  the  same  year. 

The  collection  is  composed  of  eulogies  on  Queen  Elizabeth.  In  the 
following  lines  Chettle  is  supposed  to  refer  to  Shakespeare  as  the  author 
of  Lucrece: 

"Nor  doth  the  silver  tonged  Melicert, 
Drop  from  his  honied  muse  one  sable  teare, 
To  mourne  her  death  that  graced  his  desert, 
And  to  his  laies  opend  her  Royall  eare, 
Shepheard  remember  our  Elizabeth, 
And  sing  her  Rape,  done  by  that  Tarquin,  Death." 

282.  BARNFIELD,  RICHARD.  (1574-1627.) 

[Device] /The  Affectionate /Shepheard. /Containing  the 
Complaint  of  Daphnis  for/ the  loue  of  Ganymede. /[quota- 
tion one  line/device] /London,/Printed  by  lohn  Danter  for 
T.  G[ubbin]  and  E.N./and  are  to  bee  sold  in  Saint  Dun- 
stones/Church-yeard  in  Fleetstreet,/i594.  London,  1594. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-G*  =  28  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  i,  Sion  College;  2,  Britwell  (Reed-Heber 
copy). 

Throughout  this  book  and  in  Barnfield's  Cynthia  and  the  Legend  of 
Cassandra,  1595,  there  are  many  echoes  of  both  Venus  and  Adonis  and 
Lucrece,  showing  that  the  author  greatly  appreciated  Shakespeare. 

Reprinted  by  J.  O.  Halliwell  for  the  Percy  Society,  Vol.  2O,  1845. 

283.  BARNFIELD. 

The  Encomion  of  Lady  Pecunia/or/The  praise  of  Money./ 
[quotation  2  lines] /By  Richard  Barnfeild,  Graduate  in  Ox- 


142  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

ford./ [device] /London,/Printed  by  G.  S.  for  lohn  laggard,/ 
and  are  to/be  solde  at  his  shoppe  neere  Temple-barre,  at  the/ 
Signe  of  the  Hand  and  Starre./i598.  London,  1598. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-C4,  A-E4  =  32  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl.  (Farmer-Malone  copy);  2, 
Huntington  (Chew  copy)  ;  3,  White  (Rowfant  copy). 

This  was  reprinted  in  facsimile  at  the  Auchinleek  Press,  1816. 

In  addition  to  the  poem  mentioned  on  the  first  title,  there  are  three 
other  divisions,  each  with  its  own  title.  The  last  is  "Poems,  In  Divers 
humors,"  which  contains  "A  Remembrance  of  some  English  Poets," 
namely  Spenser,  Daniel,  Drayton  and  Shakespeare ;  the  lines  on  Shake- 
speare are : 

"And  Shakespeare  thou,  whose  hony-flowing  Vaine, 
(Pleasing  the  World)  thy  Praises  doth  containe. 
Whose  Venus,  and  whose  Lucrece  (sweete,  and  chaste) 
Thy  Name  in  fames  immortall  Booke  have  plac't. 
Live  ever  you,  at  least  in  Fame  live  ever : 
Well  may  the  Body  dye,  but  Fame  die  never." 

In  addition,  this  collection  contains  two  poems,  "If  musique  and  sweet 
Poetrie  agree,"  and  "As  it  fell  upon  a  day,"  both  of  which  are  found 
under  Shakespeare's  name  in  The  Passionate  Pilgrim,  1599;  they  are 
probably  by  Barnfield. 

284.  DRAYTON,  MICHAEL.  (1563-1631) 

Matilda. /The  faire  and  chaste/Daughter  of  the  Lord 
Robert/Fitzwater./The  Trve  Glorie  Of  The/Noble  Hovse 
Of /Sussex./ [quotation  one  line] /At  London, /Printed  by 
lames  Roberts,  for  N.L[ing]  and/Iohn  Busby.  1594. 

London,  1594. 

First  edition ;  410. 

The  only  copy  we  can  trace  is  that  at  Britwell,  which  formerly  be- 
longed to  Heber;  it  has  not  been  possible  to  see  this  and  the  title  is 
taken  from  the  reproduction  in  Professor  Elton's  book.* 

Professor  Elton  also  says  that  there  is  a  second  state  of  the  title  with 
imprint:  "/Printed  by  Valentine  Simmes  for  N.L.  and  lohn  Busby. 
1594"  but  does  not  say  where  this  title  may  be  found. 

Drayton  in  this  poem  says : 

*  Elton,  Oliver,  Michael  Drayton.  London,  A.  Constable,  1905. 


Contemporary  Notices.  143 

"Lucrece,  of  whom  proude  Rome  hath  boasted  long 
Lately  reviv'd  to  live  another  age, 
And  here  ariv'd  to  tell  of  Tarquins  wrong, 
Acting  her  passions  on  our  stately  stage." 

This  probably  refers  to  Shakespeare's  Lucrece,  which  was  published 
the  same  year.  We  do  not  know  of  any  drama  on  Lucrece  earlier  than 
Heywood's  Rape  of  Lucrece,  which  appeared  first  in  1608,  though  it  was 
doubtless  acted  earlier. 

Dray  ton  included  this  stanza  in  the  edition  of  1596  but  omitted  it  in 
all  subsequent  ones. 

285.  HARBERT,  Sir  WILLIAM. 

Epicedium,/A  Funerall  Song,  vpon/the  vertuous  life,  and 
godly  death,  of  the  right/worshipfull  the  Lady  Helen/ 
Branch./ [quotation  one  line/Creede's  device] /London/ 
Printed  by  Thomas  Creede./i594./  London,  1594. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A,  4  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M.  (Heber  copy)  ;  2,  Britwell. 
This  contains  three  poems  on  Lady  Helen  Branch.  The  first  one  is 
by  Harbert  and  fills  only  three  pages ;  it  contains  the  following  lines : 
"You  that  have  writ  of  chaste  Lucretia, 
Whose  death  was  witnesse  of  her  spotlesse  life:" 

These  lines  seem  to  refer  to  Shakespeare's  Lucrece,  which  first  ap- 
peared in  print  in  1594. 

286.  WlLLOBIE,  H. 
Willobie/His/Avisa./Or/The  true  Picture  of  a  mo-/dest 

Maid,  and  of  a  chast  and/constant  wife./In  Hexamiter  verse. 
The  like  argu-/ment  whereof,  was  neuer  hereto-/fore  pub- 
lished./Read  the  preface  to  the  Reader  before/you  enter 
farther./ [quotation  3  lines] /Imprinted  at  London  by/Iohn 
Winder.,/ 1594./  London,  1594. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  *4,  A-Q*,  R2  =  70  leaves.  Title  in  woodcut  border. 

Five  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Britwell  (Chalmers  copy);  3, 
Clawson  (Huth  copy)  ;  4,  Folger  (Warwick  copy)  ;  5,  Williams. 

This  work  contains  the  earliest  direct  mention  of  Shakespeare,  which 
occurs  in  the  introductory  verses  signed  "Vigilantius  Dormitanus."  The 
reference  is  to  his  poem  Lucrece,  1594: 


144  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

"Yet  Tarquyne  pluckt  his  glistering  grape, 
And  Shake-speare,  paints  poore  Lucrece  rape." 

It  was  edited  by  Hadrian  Dorrell. 

287.  COVELL,  WILLIAM. 

Polimanteia,/or,/The  meanes  lawfull  and  vnlawfull,  to/ 
ludge  of  the  fall  of  a/Common- wealth,  against/the  friuolous 
and  foolish  conie-/ctures  of  this  age./Whereunto  is  added,/A 
letter  from  England  to  her  three  daughters,/Cambridge,  Ox- 
ford, Innes  of  Court,  and  to  all  the/rest  of  her  inhabitants: 
perswading  them  to  a/constant  vnitie  of  what  religion  soever 
they/are,  for  the  defence  of  our  dread  soveraigne,/and  natiue 
cuntry:  most  requisite  for/ this  time  wherein  wee/now  live./ 
[quotation  2  lines /ornament] /Printed  by  lohn  Legate, 
Printer  to  the  Vniversitie/of  Cambridge.  i595./And  are  to  be 
sold  at  the  signe  of  the  Sunne  in  Pauls/Church-yard.  in  Lon- 
don. London,  1595. 

First  edition;  410;  ()*,  B-Z4,  Aa-Ff*  =  116  leaves,  Ff4  is  probably 
blank. 

The  references  to  Shakespeare  are  in  the  side-notes,  which  read :  "All 
praise  worthy  Lucrecia  Sweet  Shakspeare  Eloquent  Gaveston  Wanton 
Adonis  Watsons  heyre,"  etc.  The  words  "Eloquent  Gaveston,"  refer- 
ring to  Drayton,  were  undoubtedly  misplaced  by  the  printer  and  belong 
either  before  or  after  the  reference  to  Shakespeare,  which  they  now 
separate.  The  "well-graced  Anthony"  referred  to  in  the  side-note  was 
the  Countess  of  Pembroke's  play  of  that  name,  published  in  1592. 

This  work  has  been  assigned  to  W.  Clarke  or  Clerke  but  Professor 
Dowden  saw  a  copy  with  Covell's  name  signed  to  the  Dedication. 

288.  EDWARDS,  THOMAS. 

Cephalus  /  &  Procris.  /  [ornament]  /  Narcissus./ [quotation 
one  line/ Wolfe's  device] /London/Imprinted  by  lohn  Wolfe. 
71 595-7  London,  1595. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-H*  =  32  leaves. 

The  only  known  copy  of  this  work  is  in  Peterborough  Cathedral 
Library,  but  the  British  Museum  has  a  fragment  of  four  leaves  which 
came  from  Lamport  Hall. 


Contemporary  Notices.  145 

In  L'Envoy  to  Narcissus  the  different  poets  of  the  day  are  referred 
to  under  the  name  of  their  best  known  poem,  Spenser  as  "Colleyn," 
Daniel  as  "Rosamond,"  Marlowe  as  "Leander"  and  Shakespeare  in  the 
stanza  beginning: 

"Adon  deafly  masking  thro, 
Stately  troupes  rich  conceited" 

It  was  reprinted  for  the  Roxburghe  Club  in  1878. 

289.  SOUTHWELL,  ROBERT.  (1561 9-1595.) 

Saint  /  Peters  /  Complaint,  /  With  other  Poemes.  /  [device, 
McK.  294] /London/Imprinted  by  lohn  Wolfe./ 1595.7 

London,  1595. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4,  K2  =  38  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  i,  T.C.C. ;  2,  Huntington  (Chew 
copy)  ;  3,  White  (Jolley-Huth  copy). 

There  is  a  later  edition  of  the  same  year  printed  by  J.  Roberts  for 
G.  Cawood,  and  at  least  six  others  by  1630. 

The  lines  on  A3  recto, 

"Still  finest  wits  are  stilling  Venus  Rose, 
In  paynim  toyes  the  sweetest  vaines  are  spent," 

refer  to  Venus  and  Adonis,  1593,  which  excited  severe  condemnation  on 
the  part  of  the  clergy. 

290.  SPENSER,  EDMUND.  (1552-1599.) 

Colin  Clouts /Come  home  againe./By  Ed.  Spencer./ 
[Creede's  device] /London/Printed  for  William  Ponsonbie./ 
1595./  London,  1595. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-K*  =  40  leaves. 

The  following  lines,  which  are  considered  to  apply  to  Shakespeare, 
are  found  on  C2,  recto  and  verso : 

"And  there  though  last,  not  least  is  Action, 
A  gentler  shepheard  may  no  where  be  found : 
Whose  Muse  full  of  high  thoughts  invention, 
Doth  like  himselfe  Heroically  sound." 

291.  MERES,  FRANCIS.  (^-1646.) 

Palladis  Tamia./ Wits/Treasury/Being  the  Second  part/of 


146  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Wits  Common/wealth. /By/Francis  Meres  Maister/of  Artes 
of  both  Vni-/uersities./ [quotation  one  line] /At  London/ 
Printed  by  P.  Short,  for  Cuthbert  Burbie,  and/are  to  be  solde 
at  his  shop  at  the  Royall/Exchange.  1598./  London,  1598. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  [A]*,  B-Z8,  Aa-Vv8  =  340  leaves. 

This  is  the  usual  form  of  the  book. 

There  seems  to  be  some  question  about  the  various  states  of  the  pre- 
liminary leaves.  M.  de  Ricci  reports  a  copy  now  in  the  library  of  Mr. 
C.  W.  Clark,  in  the  original  limp  vellum,  which  he  examined  as  to  the 
imposition  of  the  first  leaves;  it  contained  a  first  gathering  of  10  leaves 
as  follows:  i,  Apparently  blank  but  torn  badly;  2,  Title;  3,  4,  5,  Pur- 
posely deleted  to  mere  stubs  but  with  letters  of  original  letterpress 
visible;  6,  7,  8,  Table;  9,  Bears  the  signature  "Bi"  and  contains  first 
leaf  of  text;  10,  A  stub,  possibly  blank.  The  first  leaf  of  the  second 
gathering  is  reduced  to  a  stub  but  shows  from  letters  on  inner  margin 
that  it  is  the  same  as  [Ag]  which  bears  the  signature  mark  "Bi."  The 
remainder  of  the  book  collates  regularly.  Just  what  the  first  state  was 
and  why  the  various  leaves  were  deleted  or  why  Bi  was  apparently  re- 
printed on  [Ag]  is  not  plain. 

Shakespeare  is  mentioned  by  name  on  folios  280,  281,  282,  283,  and 
284.  The  two  most  important  references  are  as  follows : 

"so  the  sweete  wittie  soule  of  Ovid  lives  in  mellifluous  &  hony- 
tongued  Shakespeare,  witnes  his  Venus  and  Adonis,  his  Lucrece,  his 
sugred  Sonnets  among  his  private  friends,"  etc. 

"so  Shakespeare  among  ye  English  is  the  most  excellent  in  both  kinds 
for  the  stage;  for  Comedy,  witnes  his  Getleme  of  Verona,  his  Errors, 
his  Love  labors  lost,  his  Love  labours  wonne,  his  Midsummers  night 
dreame  &  his  Merchant  of  Venice:  for  Tragedy  his  Richard  the  2. 
Richard  the  3.  Henry  the  4.  King  lohn,  Titus  Andronicus  and  his 
Romeo  and  luliet." 

This  is  the  first  mention  of  the  sonnets  and  the  first  list  of  his  plays ; 
some  of  them  were  already  in  print,  but  the  rest  can  be  dated  from  this 
mention. 

292.  STOWE,  JOHN.  (1525^-1605.) 

A/Survay  of/London. /Contayning  the  Originall  Antiq- 
uity/Increase, Moderne  estate,  and  description  of  that/Citie, 
written  in  the  yeare  1  998,  by  lohn  Stow/Citizen  of  London./ 
Also  an  Apologie  (or  defence)  against  the/opinion  of  some 
men,  concerning  that  Citie,/the  greatnesse  thereof./With  an 


Contemporary  Notices.  147 

Appendix,  containing  in  Latine,/Libellum  de  situ  &  nobilitate 
Londini:  Written/by  William  Fitzstephen,  in  the  raigne/of 
Henry  the  second./ [device] /Imprinted  by  John  Wolfe, 
Printer  to  the  honorable  Citie  of /London :  And  are  to  be  sold 
at  his  shop  within  the/Popes  head  Alley  in  Lombard  street. 
1598./  London,  1598. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  black  letter ;  A4,  B-Z8,  Aa-Gg8,  Hh10  =  246  leaves. 

Some  copies  have  an  errata  on  verso  Hhio  and  others  have  the  page 
blank ;  it  is  probable  that  those  with  the  errata  are  a  later  issue. 

An  exhaustive  and  invaluable  record  of  Elizabethan  London.  There 
is  a  very  brief  reference  to  the  theatres,  bull-baiting,  etc. 

293.  STOWE. 

The/Annales,/Or/Generall  Chro-/nicle  of  England,  begun 
first  by/maister  lohn  Stow,  and/after  him  continued  and  aug- 
mented/with matters  forreyne,  and  do-/mestique,  auncient 
and  moderne,/vnto  the  ende  of  this/present  yeere  i6i4./By 
Edmond/Howes,  gen-/tleman./Londini/Impensis  Thomae/ 
Adams./  [Colophon] /Imprinted  in  London  at  the  three 
Cranes  in/the  Vintree,  by  Thomas  Dawson,  for  Thomas 
Adams./Anno  1615  London,  1615. 

Sixth  (?)  edition;  folio;  Title  l  leaf.C.1,  C.8>  A'Z6»  Aa-Zz8,  Aaa- 
Zzz6,  Aaaa-Qqqq6  =  520  leaves. 

The  first  edition  appeared  in  1580  but  did  not  contain  these  refer- 
ences to  Elizabethan  matters,  which  appeared  for  the  first  time  in 
Howes'  continuation  of  1615.  On  folio  811  is  found: 

"Our  moderne  and  present  excellent  Poets  ...  I  have  orderly  set 
downe  (viz)  George  Gascoigne  Esquire,  .  .  .  Sir  Philip  Sidney  Knight, 
.  .  .  Sir  Francis  Bacon  Knight,  .  .  .  Maister  George  Chapman  gentle- 
man, .  .  .  M.  Willi.  Shakespeare  gentleman,  Samuel  Daniell  Esquire," 
etc. 

On  folio  1003  of  the  later  edition  of  1631  is  found  an  account  of 
the  burning  of  the  Globe  playhouse  when  Burbage  was  playing 
Henry  VIII. 

294.  TOFTE,  ROBERT.  (?-i62o.) 

Alba./The  Months/Minde  of  a  me-/lancholy  Lover,/di- 


148  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

uided  into  three/parts  :/By  R.  T.  Gentleman. /Herevnto  is 
added  A/most  excellent  pathetical  and  passionate  Let-/ter, 
sent  by  Duke  D'Epernoun,  vnto  the  late/French  King,  Henry 
the  3.  of  that  name,/when  he  was  commanded  from  the/Court, 
and  from  his  Royall/Companie.  Translated/into  English  by 
the/foresaid  Au-/thor./[ quotation  one  line] /At  London./ 
Printed  by  Felix  Kingston,  for  Matthew/Lownes.  1598. 

London,  1598. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-P,  K1  =  73  leaves. 

The  only  known  copy  now  belongs  to  Mr.  Huntington;  it  was 
formerly  in  the  Huth  collection. 

On  G^  is  an  allusion  to  Loves  Labors  Lost: 

"Loves  Labor  Lost,  I  once  did  see  a  Play, 
Ycleped  so,  so  called  to  my  paine, 
Which  I  to  heare  to  my  small  loy  did  stay, 
Giuing  attendance  on  my  froward  Dame; 
My  misgiuing  minde  presaging  to  me  111, 
Yet  was  I  drawne  to  see  it  gainst  my  will." 

295.  MARSTON,  JOHN.  (1575^-1634.) 

The/Scourge  of/Villanie./Corrected,  with  the  addition  of/ 
newe  Satyres./Three  Bookes  of  Satyres./ [quotation  2  lines/ 
ornament] /At  London,/Printed  by  I.  R[obertS]  Anno  Dom./ 
1 599-7  London,  1599. 

Second  edition ;  8vo ;  A4,  B-H8,  I4  =  64  leaves,  the  first  and  last  blank. 

The  first  edition,  1598,  had  only  nine  Satires;  this  has  ten,  and  the 
last  one  contains  all  the  Shakespeare  allusions.  The  first  reference  is 
to  Will  Kemp,  the  great  comedian : 

"...  A  hall,  a  hall, 

Roome  for  the  Spheres,  the  Orbes  celestiall 
Wil  daunce  Kemps  ligge  ..." 

The  second  alludes  to  Burbage,  the  great  tragedian,  under  the  name 
of  Roscio : 

"Luscius  what's  playd  to  day  ?  f ayth  now  I  know 
I  set  thy  lips  abroach,  from  whence  doth  flow 
Naught  but  pure  luliet  and  Romeo. 
Say,  who  acts  best?  Drusus  or  Roscio?" 


Contemporary  Notices.  149 

296.  MARSTON. 

The/Malcontent./By  lohn  Marston./ [ornament]/ 1604.7 
Printed  at  London  by  V.  S[immes]/for  William  Aspley,/and 
are  to  be  solde  at  his  shop  in  Paules/Church-yard/ 

London,  1604. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves,  the  first  blank. 

There  are  three  editions  of  this  year:  i,  As  above;  2,  With  imprint 
"/At  London/Printed  by  V.  S.  for  William  Aspley,  and/are  to  be  sold 
at  his  shop  in  Paules/Church-yard./"  This  collates  A-H*,  P  =  34  leaves 
and  has  an  "Epilogus"  and  "Prologus"  at  end,  not  found  in  the  first 
edition;  3,  With  additions  by  John  Webster  called  for  on  title;  this 
collates,  A-P  =  36  leaves. 

On  Ci  recto,  lines  30-31,  Marston  says: 

"Your  smiles  have  bin  my  heaven,  your  f rownes  my  hell, 
O  pitty  then ;  Grace  should  with  beauty  dwell." 

Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  I,  i,  207-208,  has : 

"O,  then,  what  graces  in  my  love  do  dwell, 
That  he  hath  turn'd  a  heaven  into  a  hell." 

And  again  on  £2  verso,  lines  18-19,  Marston  writes: 

"Illo,  ho  ho  ho,  art  there  old  true  peny," 
while  Hamlet,  I,  v,  150,  has: 

"Sayst  thou  so?  art  thou  there,  truepenny*?" 

297.  WEEVER,  JOHN.  (1576-1632.) 
Epigrammes/in  the  oldest  cut,  and/newest  fashion/ A/twise 

seuen  houres  (in  so  many/weekes)  studie/no  longer  (like  the 
fashion)  not  vn-/like  to  continue./The  first  seuen./Iohn 
Weeuer.  /  [quotation  one  line  /  ornament]  /  At  London  / 
Printed  by  V.S[immes]  for  Thomas  Bushell,  and  are  to  be/ 
sold  at  his  shop  at  the  great  north  doore/of  Paules.  1 599. 

London,  1599. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-G8  =  56  leaves,  A8  probably  blank. 

The  only  copy  we  can  trace  is  in  the  Bodleian  Library. 

On  E6  recto  is  found:  "Epigram  22.  Ad  Gulielmum  Shakespeare." 

"Honie-tong-d  Shakespeare  when  I  saw  thine  issue 
I  swore  Apollo  got  them  and  none  other, 

***** 


150  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Rose-checkt  Adonis  with  his  amber  tresses, 
Faire  fire-hot  Venus  charming  him  to  loue  her, 
Chaste  Lucretia  virgine-like  her  dresses. 
Proud  lust-stung  Tarquine  seeking  still  to  proue  her, 
Romea  Richard ;  more  whose  names  I  know  not, 
***** 

They  burn  in  loue  thy  childre  Shakespeare  het  the. 
Go,  wo  thy  muse  more  Nymphish  brood  beget  them." 

This  is  a  plain  and  early  reference  to  Venus  and  Adonis,  Lucrece, 
Romeo  and  Juliet  and  one  or  both  of  his  plays  on  Richard  II  and 
Richard  III. 

298.  WEEVER. 

The/Mirror  of  Martyrs, /or/The  life  and  death  of/that 
thrice  valiant  Capi-/taine,  and  most  godly  Martyre/Sir  lohn 
Old-castle  knight, /Lord  Cobham./[ Wood's  device,  McK. 
331] /Printed  by  V.  S[immes]  for  Willi-/am  Wood.  1601. 

London,  1601. 

First  edition;  i6mo;  A-E8,  F4  =  44  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
A3  verso,  lines  7-12,  contain  a  reference  to  Julius  Caesar: 

"The  many-headed  multitude  were  drawne 
By  Brutus  speach  that  Caesar  was  ambitious, 
When  eloquent  Mark  Antonie  had  showne 
His  vertues,  who  but  Brutus  then  was  vicious"? 
Mans  memorie,  with  new,  forgets  the  old, 
One  tale  is  good,  vntill  another's  told." 

299.  ALLOT,  ROBERT. 

Englands/Parnassus  :/Or/The  choyest  Flowers  of  our 
Moderne/Poets,  with  their  Poeticall  comparisons. /Descrip- 
tions of  Bewties,  Personages,  Castles,/Pallaces,  Mountaines, 
Groues,  Seas,/Springs,  Riuers,  &c./Whereunto  are  annexed 
other  various  discourses, /both  pleasaunt  and  profitable./ 
[Ling's  device,  McK.  301] /Imprinted  at  London  for 
N.  L[ing]  C.  B[urbyj  and  T.  H[ayes]  1600.  London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-Z8,  Aa-Kk8  =  264  leaves,  the  first  two  and  last 
blank. 


Contemporary  Notices.  151 

There  were  three  issues  of  this  book  in  the  same  year,  differing  only 
in  the  imprint  and  in  the  dedicatory  sonnet;  we  can  not  determine  the 
order,  so  call  them  A,B,C. 

A,  imprint  as  above,  dedicatory  sonnet  to  Sir  Thomas  Mounson, 
signed  "R.A." 

B,  imprint:  "/Imprinted  at  London  for  N.L.C.B./and  Th.  Hayes, 
i6oo/"  This  has  the  sonnet  signed  "R.A."  in  some  copies  and  "Robert 
Allott"  in  some. 

C,  imprint  as  in  A,  but  with  the  sonnet  to  Sir  Thomas  Mounson 
lacking  and  with  a  sonnet  "To  Maister  lohn  Gybson,"  signed  "Robert 
Allott."  The  only  copy  of  C  we  can  trace  is  in  the  library  of  Mr. 
White. 

The  book  is  a  collection  of  extracts  from  contemporary  poetry  ar- 
ranged under  subjects  in  an  alphabetical  series.  The  quotations  are 
from  over  fifty  poets  and  generally  have  the  author's  name.  There  are 
at  least  95  extracts  from  Shakespeare,  divided  as  follows : 

Venus  and  Adonis,  1593       .  26  Richard  III,  1597       ...  5 

Lucrece,  1594       ....  39  Loves  Labors  Lost,  1598       .  3 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  1597  .      .  13  Henry  IF,  Part  I,  1598  .      .  2 

Richard  II,  1597  ....  7 


300.  BODENHAM,  JOHN. 

Bel-vedere/Or/The  Garden  of /the  Muses./ [quotation  2 
lines/device] /Imprinted  at  London  by  F.  Kingston]  for 
Hugh  Astley,  dwelling  at/Saint  Magnus  corner.  1600. 

London,  1600. 

First  edition;  8vo;  [A]8,  2  unmarked  leaves,  B-R8=  138  leaves. 

[A2]  is  cancelled  in  all  copies  known,  but  Dr.  E.  M.  Cox  had  a  copy 
in  original  binding  with  the  stump  of  [A2]  visible  but  omitting  the 
entire  prose  address  to  the  Reader  [A3-A6]. 

The  quotations  were  gathered  by  John  Bodenham  and  turned  over 
by  him  to  "A.  M."  (probably  Anthony  Munday),  whose  initials  are 
signed  to  the  dedicatory  sonnet.  "A.  M."  arranged  them  under  various 
heads,  with  no  quotation  exceeding  more  than  two  lines.  No  authors' 
names  are  given  and  quotations  are  altered  freely  to  make  each  line 
have  ten  syllables.  215  quotations  from  Shakespeare  have  been  counted, 
208  from  Daniel  and  186  from  Spenser.  The  quotations  from  Shake- 
speare are  from  his  poems  and  earlier  plays,  as  is  natural ;  they  are  as 
follows : 


152  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Venus  and  Adonis,  1593       .  35  Richard  II,  1597  ....  47 

Lucrece,   1594       ....  92  Richard  III,  1597       .      .      .  13 

Henry  VI,  Part  III,  1595     .  10  Loves  Labors  Lost,  1598       .  5 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  1597  .      .  12  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1598  .      .  1 

301.  BODENHAM. 

The /  Garden  /of  the  /  Muses ./[ quotation  2  1  ines  / orna- 
ment] Printed  at  London  by  E.  Atllde*?]  for  John  Tap,  and 
are/to  be  sold  at  his  shop  at  Saint  Magnus/corner,  1610. 

London,  1610. 

Second  edition ;  8vo ;  A*,  B-Q8,  R6  =  130  leaves. 
The  second  edition  of  Belvedere  with  the  first  word  of  the  title 
dropped. 

302.  DEKKER,  THOMAS,  and  ROBERT  WILSON. 
The/Shomakers/Holiday./Or/The    Gentle    Craft./With 

the  humorous  life  of  Simon/Eyre,  shoemaker,  and  Lord  Maior 
/of  London./As  it  was  acted  before  the  Queenes  most  excel- 
lent Ma-/iestie  on  New-yeares  day  at  night  last,  by  the  right/ 
honourable  the  Earle  of  Notingham,  Lord  high  Ad-/mirall  of 
England,  his  seruants./[Simmes'  device] /Printed  by  Valen- 
tine Sims  dwelling  at  the  foote  of  Adling/hill,  neere  Bainards 
Castle,  at  the  signe  of  the  White/Swanne,  and  there  to  be 
sold./ 1600.  London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  black  letter ;  A3,  B-K4  =  39  leaves. 

Lines  2-3  on  verso  of  63  are  an  echo  of  Midsummer  Night's  Dream: 

Shoemaker  s  Holiday : 

"Heere  sit  thee  downe  upon  this  flowry  banke, 
And  make  a  Garland  for  thy  Lacies  head." 

Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  IV,  i,  1-4: 

"Come,  sit  thee  down  upon  this  flowery  bed, 
While  I  thy  amiable  cheekes  do  coy, 
And  stick  musk-roses  in  thy  sleek  smooth  head, 
And  kiss  thy  fair  large  ears,  my  gentle  joy." 

303.  DEKKER,  THOMAS.  (i57o*?-i64i.) 
The/Pleasant    Comedie    of/Old    Fortunatus./As    it    was 


Contemporary  Notices.  153 

plaied  before  the  Queenes/Maiestie  this  Christmas,  by  the 
Right/Honourable  the  Earle  of  Notting-/ham,  Lord  high  Ad- 
mirall  of  Eng-/land  his  Seruants./ [device] /London/Printed 
by  S.  Stafford]  for  William  Aspley,  dwelling  in/Paules 
Church-/yard  at  the  signe  of  the/Tygers  head.  1600. 

London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  black  letter ;  A-L4  =  44  leaves,  L4  probably  blank. 
On  recto  of  F4,  lines  17-18,  Dekker  says : 

"The  Ruby-colored  portals  of  her  speech 
Were  closde  by  mercy  ..." 

Venus  and  Adonis,  line  451,  has: 

"Once  more  the  ruby  coloured  portal  opened, 
Which  to  his  speech  did  honey  passage  yield." 

304.  ENGLAND'S  HELICON. 

Englands/ Helicon/ [quotation  4  lines /device] /At  Lon- 
don/Printed by  I.  R[oberts?]  for  lohn  Flasket,  and  are/to  be 
sold  in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the  signe/of  the  Beare.  1600. 

London,  1600. 

First  edition;  410;  A-Z*,  Aa-Bb4=iOO  leaves,  the  first  probably 
blank. 

In  one  copy  now  in  existence  a  cancel  slip  has  been  pasted  over 
Sidney's  name  on  Hi,  the  cancel  bearing  "N.  Breton";  on  L/3  a  cancel 
"Ignoto"  is  pasted  over  "S.W.R."  and  on  04  a  cancel  "Ignoto"  over 
"M.F.G."  The  cancels  are  contemporary. 

This  remarkable  collection  of  love  poems  of  the  period  contains  the 
two  songs,  "As  it  fell  upon  a  day"  and  "My  flocks  feed  not,"  both 
assigned  to  Shakespeare  in  The  Passionate  Pilgrim,  both  signed  here 
"Ignoto"  and  really  written  by  Richard  Barnfield.  The  book  also  con- 
tains an  "Ode"  from  Loves  Labors  Lost,  1598,  IV,  iii,  which  also  ap- 
pears in  The  Passionate  Pilgrim,  1599.  The  three  versions  differ,  this  one 
following  The  Passionate  Pilgrim  rather  than  the  quarto  of  1598,  but 
with  one  important  correction  and  one  important  variation.  They  both 
correct  two  errors  in  the  quarto,  but  omit  two  lines.  It  is  unusual  to  get 
three  contemporary  texts  for  a  poem  by  Shakespeare  and  the  differences 
show  the  probability  of  considerable  inaccuracy  in  the  received  texts. 

A.  H.  Bullen  edited  England's  Helicon  with  an  introduction  in  1887. 
He  thinks  it  was  compiled  by  "A.B.,"  who  signed  the  dedication  and 
sonnet  to  Bodenham. 


154  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 


305.  JONSON,  BEN. 

The  Comicall  Satyre  of/Every  Man/Out  of  his/Humor./ 
As  it  was  first  composed/by  the  Author  B.I.  /Containing  more 
that  hath  been  Publickely  Spo-/ken  or  Acted./  With  the  seu- 
erall  Character  of  euery  Person.  /  [quotation  2  lines  /orna- 
ment of  2  satyrs  and  vase]  /London,  /Printed  for  William 
Holme,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  Shop/at  Sarjeants  Inne  gate 
in  Fleetstreet./i6oo.  London,  1600. 

First  edition  ;  4*0  ;  A-R4  =  68  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

Three  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M.  ;  2,  B.P.L.  ;  3,  Huntington. 

There  are  three  separate  editions  bearing  the  date  1600,  two  printed 
for  W.  Holme  and  one  for  N.  Ling.  The  second  Holme  edition  has 
Peter  Short's  device  (McKerrow,  278)  on  title  and  collates  A-Q4;  the 
Ling  edition  is  undoubtedly  the  third,  but  may  not  have  been  printed 
in  1600.* 

Copies  of  the  second  edition  are  found  in  Bodleian  and  in  Victoria 
and  Albert  Museum,  while  the  third  edition  is  fairly  common. 

There  are  two  allusions  to  Henry  IV. 

Oiii  verso,  line  16: 

"Fast.  No  Lady,  this  is  a  Kinsman  of  Justice  Silence." 

Riii  recto,  lines  31-32: 

"...  why,  you/may  (in  time)  make  leane  Macilante  as  fat  as  Sir 
lohn  Fallstaffe." 

306.  JONSON. 

Seianus/His  fall./Written/by/Ben  :  lonson./  [quotation  2 
lines]  /At  London/Printed  by  G.  Elide,  for  Thomas/Thorpe. 
i6o5/  London,  1605. 

First  edition  ;  410  ;  fl4,  A-M4,  N2  =  54  leaves. 

This  play  was  thoroughly  prepared  for  the  press  by  Jonson  himself. 
There  is  an  address  "To  the  Readers"  signed  by  him,  followed  by  ten 
pages  of  commendatory  verses,  the  first  by  Chapman.  There  is  also  an 
argument  and  list  of  actors'  names.  Jonson  added  copious  side-notes 
to  show  his  familiarity  with  the  classics.  The  play  is  divided  into  acts 
but  not  into  scenes  and  there  are  no  indications  of  locality.  This  is  one 
of  the  copies  on  Large  Paper. 

*  Greg,  W.  W.,  Trans.  Bibliographical  Society.  London,  Dec.  1920,  pp.  153- 
160. 


Contemporary  Notices.  155 

307.  JONSON. 

The/Workes/Of/Beniamin  Jonson./[ quotation  3  lines]/ 
Imprinted  at/London  by/Will  Stansby/ Ano  D.  i6i6./Guliel. 
Hole  fecit.  London,  1616. 

First  edition,  first  issue;  folio;  j[6,  A-Z6,  Aa-Zz6,  Aaa-Zzz6,  Aaaa- 
PpPP6'  Q(1(1(14  =  514  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 

This  book  appears  with  three  states  of  the  imprint:  i,  as  above;  2, 
"by  William  Stansby" ;  3,  "W.  Stansby  for  Rich :  Meighen."  Signature 
G  is  found  in  two  states  and  the  title-pages  of  some  of  the  individual 
plays  differ.  For  fuller  notes  see  W.  W.  Greg,  English  Masks  and 
Pageants,  London,  Bibliographical  Society,  1902.  Apparently  the  states 
of  signature  G  and  of  the  separate  title-pages  do  not  belong  with  any 
particular  title;  they  differ  in  different  copies.  Copies  on  Large  Paper 
generally  have  the  first  imprint. 

The  first  edition  was  prepared  for  the  press  by  Jonson  himself.  His 
plays  were  not  nearly  as  popular  as  those  of  Shakespeare,  and  their 
commercial  value  was  much  less.  For  this  reason  the  proprietors  of  the 
theatres  allowed  Jonson  to  print  his  plays,  and  ten  of  them  were 
issued  in  quarto  form  before  this  collected  edition  was  published.  He 
saw  all  but  one  of  them  through  the  press.  None  of  these  Jonson  quarto 
plays  printed  before  1616  reached  a  second  edition,  while  nearly  all 
the  Shakespeare  quartos  of  the  same  period  ran  through  several  editions. 
The  Prologue  to  Every  Man  in  His  Humor  appeared  first  in  this  folio 
edition  and  was  evidently  written  not  long  before  its  publication.  It 
contains  somewhat  critical  allusions  to  Shakespeare's  Winter's  Tale, 
Henry  VI,  Henry  V,  Cymbeline  and  Tempest. 

308.  JONSON. 

The/ Workes/Of /Benjamin  Jonson./The  second  Volume./ 
Containing/These  Playes,/Viz./i  Batholomew  Fayre./2  The 
Staple  of  Newes./3  The  Divell  is  an  Asse/[ ornament] /Lon- 
don,/Printed  for  Richard  Meighen,/ 1640.  London,  1640. 

First  edition  of  Vol.  II;  folio;  A6,  B-Y4,  Aa-Cc4,  D-H4,  I6,  A-P4, 
Q2,  R-V4,  B-Q4,  R2,  S-X4,  Y2,  Z4,  Aa-Oo4,  Pp2,  Qq4,  A-K4,  L2,  M-R4  = 

418  leaves. 

The  three  plays  mentioned  above  were  printed  in  1631  and  the  sepa- 
rate titles  bear  that  date.  They  were  not  issued  then,  however,  but  were 
laid  aside  until  1640  when  the  second  edition  of  Vol.  I  was  printed  and 
these  three  plays,  with  all  the  other  works  of  Jonson  except  The  New 


156  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Inne,  were  combined  to  make  Vol.  II.  The  Bridgewater  copy,  now  in 
the  possession  of  Mr.  White,  has  the  first  leaf  of  Bartholomew  Fayre 
blank  and  genuine.  In  every  other  recorded  copy  this  leaf  has  been 
cancelled  and  the  above  general  title  substituted.  The  Bridgewater  copy 
also  contains  The  Newe  Inne  inlaid  to  size  and  bound  in.  It  is  in  an 
old  suede  binding  and  was  evidently  arranged  and  bound  up  by  John 
Egerton,  Earl  of  Bridgewater,  who  played  in  the  original  presentation 
of  Comus  at  Ludlow  Castle  in  1634.  His  autograph  and  notes  are  in 
the  volume. 


309.  JONSON. 

The/New  Inne,/Or,/The  light  Heart./A  Comoedy./As 
it  was  neuer  acted,  but  most/negligently  play'd,  by  some,/ 
the  Kings  Seruants./And  more  squeamishly  beheld,  and 
censu-/red  by  others,  the  Kings  Subiects./i629./Now,  at  last, 
set  at  liberty  to  the  Readers,  his  Maties./Seruants,  and  Sub- 
iects,  to  be  judg'd./i63i./By  the  Author,  B.  Ionson./[ quota- 
tion 2  lines]  /London, /Printed  by  Thomas  Harper,  for 
Thomas  Alcorne,  and/are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Pauls 
Church-yeard,  /  at  the  signe  of  the  greene  Dragon./ 
MDCXXXI./  London,  1631. 

First  edition;  8vo;  (*)8,  A2,  B-G8,  H2  =  6o  leaves. 
This  was  not  included  in  the  collected  edition  of  his  works  in  1640. 
The  allusion  to  Pericles  appears  in  the  Ode  at  the  end  of  the  play : 

"No  doubt  some  mouldy  tale 
Like  Pericles  ..." 

310.  JONSON. 

lonsonus/Virbius  :/Or,/The  Memorie  of /Ben:  Johnson/ 
Revived/By  the  Friends  of /The  Muses./ [ornament] /Lon- 
don,/Printed  by  E.  Pturslowe  *?]  for  Henry  Seile,  and  are 
to  be  sold/at  his  shop,  at  the  Tygers  Head  in  Fleetstreet,/ 
Over-against  Saint  Dunstans/Church.  i638/  London,  1638. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A2,  B-D4,  d4,  E-I4,  K6  =  44  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

This  is  a  collection  of  poems  on  Ben  Jonson  issued  after  his  death 
by  the  best  poets  of  the  day.  It  contains  the  following  allusions  to 
Shakespeare : 


Contemporary  Notices.  157 

Page  29  (repeated),  lines  18-19: 

"And  though  that  dust  being  Shakspears  thou  might' st  have 
Not  his  roome  but  the  Poet  for  thy  grave ;" 

Page  33,  lines  7-8 : 

"Who  without  Latine  helps  had'st  been  as  rare 
As  Beaumont,  Fletcher,  or  as  Shakespeare  were:" 

Page  43,  lines  6-7 : 

"Yet,  Shakespeare,  Beaumont,  Johnson  these  three  shall 
Make  up  the  Jem  in  the  point  Verticall." 

Page  56,  lines  1-2  : 

"Shakespeare  may  make  griefe  merry,  Beaumonts  stile 
Ravish  and  melt  anger  into  a  smile ;" 

Page  60,  lines  16-17: 

"That  Latine  Hee  reduc'd  and  could  command 
That  which  your  Shakespeare  scarce  could  understand*?" 

Page  64,  lines  8-10 : 

"Nee  geminos  vates,  nee  Te  Shakspeare  silebo 
Aut  quicquid  sacri  nostros  conjecit  in  annos 
Consilium  Fati." 

311.  LANE,  JOHN. 

Tom/Tel-Troths/message,  and/his  Pens  com-/plaint./A 
worke  not  vnpleasant  to  be  read,/nor  vnprofitable  to  be  fol-/ 
lowed./Written  by  lo.  La.  Gent./ [quotation  one  line. /orna- 
ment]/London/Imprinted  for  R.  Howell,  and  are  to  be  sold 
at  his  shop,/neere  the  great  North  doore  of  Paules,  at  the 
signe  of /the  white  horse.  i6oo./  London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  first  probably  blank. 
The  only  two  copies  we  can  trace  are:   1,  B.M. ;  2,  Huntington 
(Heber-Britwell  copy). 

On  F2,  lines  7-12,  are  references  to  Shakespeare's  poems. 

"When  chast  Adonis  came  to  mans  estate, 
Venus  straight  courted  him  with  many  a  wile ; 
Lucrece  once  scene,  straight  Tarquine  laid  a  baite, 
With  foule  incest  her  bodie  to  defile : 
Thus  men  by  women,  women  wrongde  by  men 
Giue  matter  still  vnto  my  plaintiffe  pen." 


158  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

312.  MIDDLETON,  THOMAS.  (1570^-1627.) 
The/Ghost/of  Lucrece/By  T.  M.  Gent./ [ornament] /At 

London/Printed  by  Valentine  Simmes./i6oo. 

London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-C8  =  24  leaves. 

The  only  known  copy  of  this  poem  is  bound  up  with  other  rare 
Shakespeare  items  in  original  binding  and  was  found,  in  1920,  at  Long- 
ner  Hall,  the  property  of  Richard  Burton.  The  volume  now  belongs  to 
Mr.  Folger.  This  poem  is  a  continuation  of  Shakespeare's  Lucrece  and 
is  dedicated  to  Lord  Compton. 

313.  MIDDLETON. 

A/Tragi-Coomodie, /Called/The  Witch  ;/Long  since  acted 
by  His  Maties.  Servants  at  the/Black-Friers./Written  by  Tho. 
Middleton./  [Colophon]  London  I/Printed  by  J.  Nichols./ 
1778./  London,  1778. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  B-H8  =  56  leaves. 

This  play  was  here  first  printed  from  the  original  manuscript  now 
in  the  Bodleian  Library  by  Isaac  Reed  who  issued  1OO  copies  for  pre- 
sentation to  friends.  This  manuscript  is  one  of  the  few  surviving  Eliza- 
bethan plays  in  a  contemporary  hand. 

It  was  modelled  on  Macbeth  and  the  two  songs,  "Come  away"  and 
"Blacke  Spirits,"  which  are  mentioned  in  the  First  Folio  edition  of 
Macbeth,  are  here  given  in  full.  It  is  generally  considered  that  they 
were  interpolated  by  the  players  into  Shakespeare's  play  and  that 
they  were  originally  written  by  Middleton.  Middleton  owes  a  great  deal 
to  Scot's  Discoverie  of  Witchcraft. 

314.  NICHOLSON,  SAMUEL. 

[Ornament] /Acolastus/His  After-/witte./By  S.  N./ [quo- 
tation one  line/ornament] /At  London./Imprinted  for  lohn 
Boylie,  and  are  to  be/sold  at  his  shop,  neere  the  little  North-/ 
doore  of  Paules  Church./ 1600.  London,  1600. 

First  edition ;  4*0 ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves,  the  first  and  last  probably  blank. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  i,  U.L.C. ;  2,  Huntington  (Lamport- 
Britwell  copy)  ;  3,  White  (Corser-Huth  copy). 

This  work  contains  numerous  lines  taken  direct  from  Shakespeare's 
poems,  Venus  and  Adonis  and  Lucrece. 

It  was  reproduced  by  Dr.  Grosart  in  1876. 


Contemporary  Notices.  159 

315.  BRETON,  NICHOLAS.  (1545°?- 1626). 

[  Ornament] /A/Poste  with/a  madde  Packet  of /Letters/ 
[Creede's  device,  McK.  299] /London  Printed  for  lohn 
Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be  sold/at  his  Shop  in  S.  Dunstons 
Church-/yard  in  Fleetstreet./i6o2.  London,  1602. 

First  edition;  4to;  black  letter;  [A]4,  B-F4  =  24  leaves,  the  first  and 
last  blank. 

The  only  copy  known  was  in  the  Arbury  Collection  and  now  belongs 
to  Mr.  Huntington. 

An  allusion  to  Henry  IF ,  Part  II,  is  found  on  Ci  recto  and  verso. 

316.  A.,T. 

The/Massacre/of /Money. /[quotation  2  lines/device]/ 
London/Printed  by  Thomas  Creede,  for  Tho-/mas  Bushell. 
1602.  London,  1602. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-F*  =  24  leaves,  F4  probably  blank. 

Four  copies  are  known:  i,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl.;  3,  Huntington  (Huth 
copy)  ;  4,  White  (Crawford-Freeling  copy). 

Dedicated  to  M.  William  and  M.  Thomas  Bedles,  by  T.  A.,  who  is 
sometimes  "assumed  to  be  Thomas  Acheley,  but  the  authorship  has  not 
been  proved.  Signature  B2,  line  14,  reads : 

"Like  to  a  Jewell  in  an  ^Ethiop's  eare." 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  I,  v,  48,  has  : 

"Like  a  rich  jewel  in  an  Ethiope's  ear." 

317.  C.,  J. 

Saint  Marie/Magdalens/Conversion./I.  H.  S./Printed  with 
Licence.  N.p.,  [c.  1603]. 

First  edition;  4to;  A-C4,  D2=  14  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  White  (Corser-Huth  copy). 
Lowndes  says  that  the  author  was  an  English  Jesuit. 
On  leaf  A3,  lines  9-14,  are  the  following  lines  referring  to  Shake- 
speare's works : 

"Of  Helens  rape,  and  Troyes  beseiged  Towne, 
Of  Troylus  faith,  and  Cressids  falsitie, 
Of  Rychards  stratagems  for  the  english  crowne, 


160  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Of  Tarquis  lust,  and  lucrece  chastitie, 

Of  these,  of  none  of  these  my  muse  nowe  treates, 

Of  greater  conquests,  warres,  and  loues  she  speakes." 

318.  DAVIES,  JOHN,  of  HEREFORD.  (i565<?-i6i8.) 
Microcosmos./The  Discovery/of  the  Little/World,  with 
the  government /thereof. /[quotation  3  lines] /By  lohn 
Davies./[ ornament] /At  Oxford,/Printed  by  loseph  Barnes, 
and  are  to/bee  solde  in  Fleetestreete  at  the/signe  of  the  Turkes 
head  by/Iohn  Barnes.  1603.  London,  1603. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-Z*,  Aa-Oo4,  Pp2  =  150  leaves. 

Davies  refers  to  Shakespeare  and  to  Richard  Burbage,  the  great 
tragic  actor  at  the  Globe  Theatre,  who  was  also  a  painter,  in  the  fol- 
lowing lines: 

"Players,  I  love  yee,  and  your  Qualitie ; 
As  ye  are  men,  that  pass  time  not  abus'd : 
And  csome  I  love  for  dpainting,  poesie, 
And  say  fell  Fortune  cannot  be  excus'd, 
That  hath  for  better  uses  you  refus'd : 
Wit,  Courage,  good  shape,  good  partes,  and  all  good, 
As  long  as  al  these  goods  are  no  worse  us'd, 
And  though  the  stage  doth  staine  pure  gentle  bloud, 
Yet  'generous  yee  are  in  minde  and  moode." 

c.  W.S.R.B.  e.  Roscius  was  said  for  his  excellence 

d.  Simonides  saith,  that  painting  is  a  in  his  quality  to  be  only  worthie  to 
dumb     Poesy,     Poesy    a    speaking  come    on    the    stage,    and    for    his 
painting.  honesty  to  be  more  worthy  then  to 

come  theron. 


319.  DAVIES. 

The  Scourge  of  Folly/Consisting  of  satyricall  Epigramms, 
and  others  in  honor/of  many  noble  and  worthy  Persons  of  our 
Land./Together,/With  a  pleasant  (though  discordant)  Des- 
cant/vpon  most  English  Prouerbes:  and  others./At  London 
printed  by  E.  A[llde]  for  Richard/Redmer  sould  at  his  shop  at 
ye  west  gate  of  Paules,  London,  [1611*?]. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-S4  =  72  leaves,  the  first  blank  except  for  signa- 
ture-mark. With  engraved  title  A2. 


Contemporary  Notices.  161 

Among  the  poems  to  various  persons  are  verses  to  Sir  Thomas  Lucy, 
the  owner  of  Charlecote  Hall;  to  Robert  Armin  an  actor  in  the  Globe 
Company,  etc.  On  pages  76  and  77  is  the  well-known  sonnet  to  Shake- 
speare. 

320.  C.,  I. 

Epigrames./Serued  out  in  52.  seuerall/Dishes  for  euery  man 
to/tast  without  surf eting./[ quotation  one  line] /By  I.  C. 
Gent.  /  [ornament]  /  London  /  Printed  by  G.  Elde,  for 
W.Qotton*?]  and  are/to  be  solde  at  his  Shop  neere/vnto  Lud- 
gate./  London,  n.d.  [c.  1604]. 

First  edition;  8vo;  A-D8  =  32  leaves,  Ai  and  D8  probably  blank. 
The  only  copy  recorded  is  in  the  Bodleian. 

Undated  but  entered  in  the  Stationers  Register  on  May  22,  1604,  and 
there  ascribed  to  "J.  Cooke,  gent." 
On  Bi  recto,  lines  9-12,  is  found: 

"Some  dare  do  this,  some  other  humbly  craues, 
For  help  of  spirits  in  their  sleeping  graues, 
As  he  that  calde  to  Shakespeare,  lohnson,  Greene, 
To  write  of  their  dead  noble  Queene." 

321.  M.,  T. 

The  Ant,  and  the /Nightingale: /Or/ Father/ Hubburds 
Tales/ [device] /London /Printed  by  T.Qreede]  for  Tho. 
Bushell,  and/are  to  be  solde  by  Jeffrey  Chorlton,  at  his/Shop 
at  the  North  doore  of/Paules,  1604.  London,  1604. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-F*  =  24  leaves,  the  first  blank. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl. ;  2,  Huntington  (Bridgewater 
copy)  ;  3,  White. 

There  is  another  edition  of  the  same  year  with  title  Father  Hub- 
burd's  Tales.  It  is  not  known  which  is  the  earlier.  Thomas  Middleton 
and  Thomas  Moffat  have  each  been  considered  the  author,  but  the  fact 
is  not  definitely  settled.  The  address  "To  the  Reader"  is  signed  "T.M." 

On  Dl  verso,  line  29,  is  found  an  echo  of  the  following  lines  in 
Henry  VI,  Part  II,  IV,  ii. 

"Is  not  this  a  lamentable  thing,  that  of  the  skin  of  an  innocent  lamb 
should  be  made  parchment  ?  that  parchment,  being  scribbled  o'er  should 
undo  a  man?" 


162  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

322.  MEETING  (THE)  OF  GALLANTS. 

The /Meeting  of  Gallants /at  an  Ordinarie:/Or/The 
Walkes  in  Powles./[Creede's  device,  McK.  299] /London/ 
Printed  by  T.Qreede]  and  are  to  be  solde  by  Mathew/Lawe, 
dwelling  in  Paules  Church-/yard.  1604.  London,  1604. 

First  edition;  4to;  A-D4=  16  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
Only  three  copies  of  this  book  have  been  traced:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ; 
3,  Morgan. 

On  the  recto  of  D2  are  found  the  following  lines : 

"Ginglespur.  This  was  a  prettie  commedie  of  Errors,  my  round  Host. 
Host.  O  my  Bullies,  there  was  such  a  part  plaide  vppon  the  Stage 
both  of  the  Cittie  and  the  Subburbs." 

This  was  reprinted  for  the  Percy  Society,  by  J.  O.  Halliwell  in  1841. 

323.  SCOLOKER,  ANTHONY. 

Daiphantus,  /  or  /  The  Passions  of  Loue.  /  Comicall  to 
Reade  ;/But  Tragicall  to  Act  :/As  full  of  Wit,  as  Experience./ 
By  An.  Sc.  Gentleman./ [quotation  one  line]/ Where vnto  is 
added,/The  passionate  mans  Pilgrimage./ [Creede's  device]/ 
London/Printed  by  T.Qreede]  for  William  Cotton:  And  are 
to  be  sold/at  his/Shop  neare  Ludgate.  1604.  London,  1604. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A2,  B-F4,  G2,  H2  =  26  leaves. 

The  only  known  copy  is  in  the  Bodleian. 

On  A2  recto  is  the  following  reference  to  Shakespeare : 

"like  Friendly  Shake-speares  Tragedies,  where  the  Commedian  rides, 
when  the  Tragedian  stands  on  Tip-Toe :  Faith  it  should  please  all,  like 
Prince  Hamlet." 

On  £4  are  two  other  references  to  Hamlet. 

It  was  reprinted  for  the  Roxburghe  Club  in  1818. 

324.  ARMIN,  ROBERT. 

Foole/Vpon  Foole,/or,/Sixe  sortes  of  Sottes./A  flat  Foole,/ 
A  leane  Foole,/A  merry  Foole,/and  a  Fatt  Foole,/A  cleane 
Foole,/A  verrie  Foole./Shewing  their  liues,  humours,  and  be- 
hauiours,/with  their  want  of  witte  in  their  shew  of/wisdome. 
Not  so  strange  as  true./ [quotation  2  lines/device] /London/ 


Contemporary  Notices.  163 

Printed  for  William  Ferbrand,  dwelling/in  Popes-head  Allie 
neare  the  Royall/Exchange.  1605.  London,  1605. 

Second  edition ;  410 ;  black  letter ;  A-E4  =  20  leaves. 

The  first  edition  of  this  book  appeared  in  1600  and  is  now  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  Folger.  It  was  described  briefly  in  Halliwell's  Cal- 
endar of  Shakespearean  Rarities,  1887,  but  as  it  was  not  possible  to  see 
it,  we  have  entered  the  second  edition,  of  which  the  only  known  copy 
belongs  to  Mr.  White  (Wolfreston-Daniel-Huth  copy). 

Armin  was  a  well-known  actor  in  the  Shakespeare-Burbage  company 
and  an  author  besides,  all  his  books  are  very  rare. 

325.  ARMIN. 

A/Nest  of  Ninnies./Simply  of  themselues  without/Com- 
pound./[quotation  one  line] /By  Robert  Armin./ [ornament] 
/London  i/Printed  by  T.E[ast]  for  John  Deane.  i6o8./ 

London,  1608. 

Quarto ;  black  letter ;  A-G4  =  28  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl. ;  2,  Birmingham;  3,  White 
(Caldecott-Daniel-Huth  copy). 

This  is  really  a  revision  of  Armin's  Foole  upon  Foole  with  additions. 

On  the  verso  of  63  Armin  says : 

"Ther  are  as  Hamlet  sayes  things  cald  whips  in  store,"  but  this  is  not 
in  Shakespeare's  Hamlet  as  we  know  it. 

326.  ARMIN. 

The/History  of  the  two  Maids  of  More-clacke,/With  the 
life  and  simple  maner  of  lohn/in  the  Hospitall. /Played  by 
the  Children  of  the  Kings/Maiesties  Reuels./Written  by 
Robert  Armin,  seruant  to  the  Kings/most  excellent  Maiestie./ 
[woodcut  of  Armin  as  John  of  the  Hospital] /London,/ 
Printed  by  N.  O[kes]  for  Thomas  Archer,  and  is  to  be  sold  at 
his/shop  in  Popes-head  Pallace,  1609.  London,  1609. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  fi2,  A-H4,  I2  =  36  leaves. 

The  lines  near  the  bottom  of  Ci  verso 

"tho5  not  so  quaint 

As  courtly  dames  or  earth's  bright  treading  stars, 
They  are  maids  of  Moreclack,  homely  milk-bowl  things, 
Such  as  I  love  and  fain  would  marry  well," 


164  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

borrow  a  phrase  from  Romeo  and  Juliet,  I,  ii,  25 : 

"At  my  poor  house  look  to  behold  this  night 
Earth  treading  stars  that  make  dark  heaven  light." 

327.  CHAPMAN,  GEORGE;  BEN  JONSON;  and  JOHN  MAR- 
STON. 

Eastward/Hoe./As/It  was  playd  in  the/Black-friers./By/ 
The  Children  of  her  Maiesties  Reuels./Made  by/Geo.  Chap- 
man. Ben:  lonson.  loh:  Marston./ [ornament] /At  London/ 
Printed  for  William  Aspley./i6o5./  London,  1605. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-I*  =  36  leaves. 

First  issue  has  catchword  on  £3-4,  "English";  second  issue  has 
"  (prepo/te-)  rou/ly." 

The  first  edition  originally  contained  a  passage  on  the  verso  of  £3 
and  recto  of  £4  alluding  sarcastically  to  King  James'  Scottish  fol- 
lowers. James  was  angry  and  the  three  dramatists  were  imprisoned. 

The  two  leaves  were  cancelled  and  a  fresh  half  sheet  printed  which 
did  not  contain  the  objectionable  lines.  No  copy  is  known  in  the 
original  state  but  the  Dyce  copy  contains  the  cancels  and  also  the 
original  cancelled  leaves  inserted  from  a  shorter  copy.  Copies  of  the 
second  issue  are  found  in  several  libraries.  Both  issues  of  this  edition 
have  the  word  "oppoyde"  in  line  five  of  the  Prologue. 

Later  in  the  year  genuine  second  and  third  editions  appeared,  also 
printed  for  Aspley,  but  both  collating  A-H*  =  32  leaves.  The  second  has 
"oppo/de"  in  the  Prologue  and  the  Epilogue  is  in  smaller  type  than 
the  text.  The  third  has  "oppo/d"  in  Prologue  and  the  Epilogue  is  in 
larger  type  than  the  text.  Dr.  W.  W.  Greg  has  made  a  careful  com- 
parison of  all  three  editions  and  furnished  the  above  data. 

D3  verso,  lines  24-27,  allude  to  lines  in  Hamlet: 

"Quick,  Marry  Madam,  shee's  married  by  this  time  to  Prentise 
Goulding ;  your  Father,  and  some  one  more,  stole  to  Church  with  'hem, 
in  all  the  haste,  that  the  cold  meat  left  at  your  wedding  might  serue  to 
furnish  their  Nuptiall  table." 

Compare  Hamlet,  I,  ii,  180-181 : 

"Thrift,  thrift,  Horatio!  the  funeral  bak'd  meats 
Did  coldly  furnish  forth  the  Marriage  tables." 

328.  CHAPMAN,  GEORGE,  and  JAMES  SHIRLEY. 

The  Ball. /A/Comedy, /As  it  was  presented  by  her/Majes- 


Contemporary  Notices.  165 

ties  Servants,  at  the  private/House  in  Drury  Lane./Written 
by  George  Chapman,/and/ James  Shirly./ [ornament] /Lon- 
don,/Printed  by  Tho.  Cotes,  for  Andrew  Crooke,/and  Wil- 
liam Cooke./i639.  London,  1639. 

First  edition ;  4*0 ;  A-I4  =  36  leaves. 

There  is  no  other  separate  edition  before  1700. 

Contains  one  of  the  numerous  allusions  to  Venus  and  Adonis  which 
occur  in  contemporary  literature;  indeed  it  is  as  a  poet  and  not  as  a 
dramatist  that  Shakespeare  was  most  esteemed  by  his  contemporaries. 

The  allusion  is  in  IV,  iii : 

"Luc.:  I'll  fetch  you  a  book  to  swear  by. 
Win.:  Let  it  be  Venus  and  Adonis,  then, 
Or  Ovid's  wanton  Elegies  ..." 

329.  RATSEY,  GAMALIEL.  C?-i6o5.) 
Ratseis/Ghost./or/The  second  Part/of  his  madde  Prankes 

and  Robberies./ [woodcut] /Printed  by  V.S[immes]  and  are  to 
be  sold  by  lohn/Hodgets  in  Paules  Churchyard./ 

London,  [1605]. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  black  letter ;  A-F4  =  24  leaves. 

The  only  known  copy  is  in  The  John  Rylands  Library. 

The  book  was  entered  for  John  Hodgets  May  31,  1605,  and  was 
printed  by  Valentine  Simmes.  The  woodcut  on  the  title  is  supposed  to 
be  a  portrait  of  Ratsey,  the  notorious  highwayman  who  was  hanged  at 
Bedford,  March  26,  1605. 

In  the  chapter  entitled  "A  pretty  Prancke  passed  by  Ratsey  upon 
certaine  Players  that  he  met  by  Chance  in  an  Inne,  who  denied  their 
owne  Lord  and  Maister,  and  used  another  Noblemans  Name,"  there  are 
several  allusions  which  point  to  Shakespeare  and  his  company.  The 
entire  chapter  is  given  in  J.  O.  Halliwell's  Outlines  of  the  Life  of 
Shakespeare,  London,  Longmans,  1907,  Vol.  I,  pp.  325-326. 

330.  WOODHOUSE,  PETER. 

The  /  Flea :  /  [quotation  one  line  /  woodcut]  /  London  / 
Printed  for  lohn  Smethwick  and  are  to  be  solde  at  his  shop/ 
in  Saint  Dunstanes  Churchyard  in  Fleet-street,  vnder/the 
Diall.  1605.  London,  1605. 


166  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

First  edition;  4to;  A-D4,  E2=  18  leaves. 

Only  two  copies  are  known:  i,  Rylands  (Spencer  copy)  ;  2,  Hunting- 
ton  (Heber-Britwell  copy). 

In  the  Epistle  dedicatory  there  is  an  allusion  to  Shakespeare's  char- 
acter, Justice  Shallow: 

A2  verso,  "And  when  thou  sittest  to  consult  about  any  weighty 
matter,  let  either  iustice  Shallowe,  or  his  cousen,  Mr.  Weathercocke,  be 
foreman  of  the  lurie." 

331.  PILGRIMAGE  TO  PARNASSUS. 

This  was  the  first  of  three  plays  written  and  acted  by  the 
students  of  Cambridge  in  1598-1601.  The  other  two  were  the 
Return  from  Parnassus,  Parts  I  and  II.  Part  II  of  the  Return 
was  published  in  1606,  but  the  other  two  were  lost  and  never 
published  until  1886,  when  W.  D.  Macray  of  the  Bodleian 
Library,  Oxford,  found  manuscripts  of  them  among  some 
papers  there.  It  was  then  printed  and  both  plays  have  allusions 
to  Shakespeare. 

332.  RETURN  FROM  PARNASSUS. 

The/Returne  f rom/Pernassus  :/Or/The  Scourge  of  Si- 
mony./Publiquely  acted  by  the  Students/in  Saint  lohns  Col- 
ledge  in/Cambridge./ [ornament] /At  London/Printed  by  G. 
Eld,  for  lohn  Wright,  and/are  to  bee  sold  at  his  shop  at/ 
Christ  church  Gate./i6o6./  London,  1606. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-H4  =  32  leaves. 

There  are  two  editions  of  the  same  year  with  the  same  title-page,  the 
second  collates :  A-H4,  I2  =  34  leaves.  The  first  edition  has  the  following 
lines  on  B2  verso,  lines  33-37: 

"William  Shatespeare  [sic] 
lud.  Who  loues  Adonis  loue,  or  Lucre's  rape, 
***** 

Without  loues  foolish  lazy  languishment." 
The  second  edition  has  on  B2  verso,  lines  29-33 : 

"William  Shakespeare. 
lud.  Who  loues  Adonis  loue,  or  Lucre's  rape. 

***** 

Without  loues  foolish  languishment." 


Contemporary  Notices.  167 

Burbage  and  Kemp,  the  famous  actors,  appear  in  their  own  persons 
to  discuss  matters. 


333-  WILY  BEGUILED. 

A/Pleasant/Comedie,/Called/Wily  Beguilde./The  Chiefe 
Actors  be  these  :/A  poore  Scholler,  a  rich  Foole,  and  a/Knaue 
at  a  shifte./ [device] /At  London,/Printed  by  H.L[Ownes]  for 
Clement  Knight  :/and  are  to  be  solde  at  his  Shop,  in  Paules 
/Church-yard,  at  the  signe  of  the  Holy  Lambe./i6o6. 

London,  1606. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

Furnivall  thinks  this  play  was  first  acted  in  1597,  but  Malone  says 
in  1589.  If  the  latter  is  right  it  would  seem  that  Shakespeare  copied 
from  Wily  Beguiled  and  that  this  is  a  source  not  an  allusion  book. 

There  are  several  echoes  of  Shakespeare ;  the  two  most  important  are : 
1 1  verso,  lines  25-30 : 

"In  such  a  night  did  Paris  win  his  love. 
In  such  a  night  ^Eneas  prou'd  unkind. 
In  such  a  night  did  Troilus  court  his  deare. 
In  such  a  night  faire  Phillis  was  betraid. 
He  proue  as  true  as  ever  Troylus  was. 
And  I  as  constant  as  Penelope." 

This  is  modelled  on  Merchant  of  Venice,  V,  i. 
Wily,  13  recto,  lines  21-22: 

"I  am  vndone,  I  am  robd,  my  daughter,  my  money ! 
Which  way  are  they  gone  ?" 

Merchant  of  Venice,  II,  viii,  15-17: 

"My  daughter !  O  my  ducats !  O  my  daughter ! 
Fled  with  a  Christian !  O  my  Christian  ducats ! 
Justice !  the  law !  my  ducats,  and  my  daughter !" 

334.  BARKSTEAD,  WILLIAM. 

[Ornament]  /  Mirrha  / The  /  Mother  of  A-  /  donis :  /  Or,  / 
Lustes  Prodegies./By  William  Barksted./ [quotation  3  lines]/ 
Whereunto  are  added  certaine  Eglogs./By  L.  M./London/ 


i68  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Printed  by  E.  A[llde?]  for  lohn  Bache,  and  are  to/be  sold  at 
his/shop  in  the  Popes-head  Palace,/nere  the  Royall  Exchange. 
1607.  London,  1607. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-D8,  E1  =  33  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  have  been  traced:  1,  Bodl. ;  2,  T.C.C. ;  3,  Britwell 
(Lamport  copy). 
On  recto  El,  lines  1-8,  is  an  important  allusion  to  Shakespeare: 

"But  stay  my  Muse  in  thine  owne  confines  keepe, 
&  wage  not  warre  with  so  deere  lou'd  a  neighbor 
But  hauing  sung  thy  day  song,  rest  &  sleepe 
preserve  thy  small  fame  and  his  greater  f auor : 
His  song  was  worthie  merrit  (Shakespeare  hee) 
sung  the  faire  blossome,  thou  the  withered  tree 
Laurell  is  due  to  him,  his  art  and  wit 
hath  purchast  it,  Cypres  thy  brow  will  fit." 

The  allusion  is  to  the  myth  that  Mirrha  was  the  mother  of  Adonis. 

335.  BEAUMONT,  FRANCIS.  (1584-1616.) 
The/Woman/Hater./As  it  hath  beene  lately  Acted  by/the 

Children  of  Paules./[ ornament] /London/Printed,  and  are  to 
be  sold/by  John  Hodgets  in  Paules/Church-yard.  1607. 

London,  1607. 

First  edition ;  4*0 ;  A-K*  =  40  leaves. 

There  are  two  issues  of  this  year  differing  only  in  the  imprint,  the 
other  one  reads :  "Printed  by  R.  R.  and  are  to  be/sold  by  John  Hodgets 
in  Paules/Church-yard,  1607."  We  can  not  determine  which  is  the 
earlier.  In  this  play  on  the  recto  of  D2  are  these  lines : 

"Laza:  Let  me  not  fall  from  my  selfe;  speake  I  am  bound  to  hear. 

Count:  So  art  thou  to  revenge,  when  thou  shalt  heare  the  fish  head 
is  gone,  and  we  know  not  whither." 

These  lines  are  a  quotation  in  a  burlesque  manner  from  Hamlet, 
Lv: 

"Hamlet:  Speak,  I  am  bound  to  hear. 
Ghost:  So  art  thou  to  revenge,  when  thou  shalt  hear." 

336.  BEAUMONT,  FRANCIS,  and  JOHN  FLETCHER. 
Comedies/and/Tragedies/Written  by  Francis  Beaumont/ 


Contemporary  Notices.  169 

and/Iohn  Fletcher/Gentlemen./Never  printed  before,/And 
now  published  by  the  Authours/Originall  Copies. /[quotation 
one  line]  London,/Printed  for  Humphrey  Robinson,  at  the 
three  Pidgeons,  and  for/Humphrey  Moseley  at  the  Princes 
Armes  in  St.  Pauls/Churchyard.  1647.  London,  1647. 

First  edition;  folio;  A4,  a-c4,  d-e2,  f4,  g2,  B-K4,  L2,  Aa-Ss4,  Aaa-Xxx4, 
Aaaa-Iiii4,  Aaaaa-Rrrrr4,  Sssss6,  Ttttt-Xxxxx4,  Aaaaaa-Kkkkkk4, 
Llllll6,  Aaaaaaa-Ccccccc4,  Ddddddd2,  Eeeeeee-Ggggggg4,  Aaaaaaaa- 
Cccccccc4,  *Dddddddd2,  Dddddddd-Ff  f  f  f  f  f  f 4  =  440  leaves,  plus  por- 
trait of  Fletcher  by  Marshall  facing  title.  This  portrait  occurs  in  two 
states ;  in  the  first  the  name,  " J.  Berkinhead,"  is  in  larger  type  than  in 
the  second. 

The  introductory  matter  has  numerous  references  to  Shakespeare.  In 
the  dedication  to  the  Earl  of  Pembroke,  the  authors  say,  referring  to 
the  dedication  of  the  first  collected  edition  of  Shakespeare's  plays,  1623, 
to  Lord  Pembroke  and  his  brother : 

"Directed  by  the  example  of  some  who  once  steered  in  our  quality 
and  so  fortunately  aspired  to  choose  your  Honour,  joined  with  your 
(now  glorified)  brother,  Patrons  to  the  flowing  compositions  of  the 
then  expired  sweet  Swan  of  Avon,  Shakespeare." 

In  the  commendatory  poems,  various  writers  mention  Shakespeare  as 
follows : 

"Twixt  Jonson's  grave  and  Shakespeare's  lighter  sound 
His  muse  so  steered  that  something  still  was  found,"  etc. 

Cartwright  says  of  Fletcher: 

"Shakespeare  to  thee  was  dull,  whose  best  jest  lies 
Fth  Lady's  questions  and  the  Fool's  replies. 
Nature  was  all  his  art ;  thy  vein  was  free 
As  his,  but  without  his  scurility." 

Birkenhead  says: 

"Brave  Shakespeare  flowed,  yet  had  his  ebbings  too, 
Often  above  himself,  sometimes  below." 


337.  HEYWOOD,  THOMAS.  (1575^-1650.) 
The/Fayre  Mayde  of  the/Exchange  :/With/The  pleasaunt 
Humours  of  the/Cripple  of  Fanchurch./Very  delectable,  and 


170  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

full  of  mirth. / [ornament] /London /Printed  for  Henry 
Rockit,  and  are  to  be  solde/at  the  shop  in  rhe  [jzV]  Poultrey 
vnder  the/Dyall.  i6oj./  London,  1607. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A2,  B-K4  =  38  leaves. 

There  are  frequent  echoes  from  Shakespeare  and  on  63  one  of  the 
characters  says : 

"I  never  read  any  thing  but  Venus  and  Adonis." 

The  authorship  of  this  play  is  not  fully  determined  but  it  is  generally 
assigned  to  Heywood. 

338.  HEYWOOD. 

[Ornament] /The /Rape  of/Lucrece./A/True  Roman 
Tragedie./With  the  seuerall  Songes  in  their  apt  pla-/ces,  by 
Valerius,  the  merrie  Lord  amongst/the  Roman  Peeres. /Acted 
by  her  Maiesties  Seruants  at  the  Red  Bull,/neere  Clarkenwell. 
/Written  by  Thomas  Hey  wood./ [device] /London/Printed 
for  I.  B.  and  are  to  be  solde  in  Paules-/Church-yard  at  the 
Signe  of  the  Pide-Bull./i6o8./  London,  1608. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4,  K1  =  37  leaves. 

Some  copies  have  K2  and  K/}  containing  a  prose  note  and  some  songs. 
We  consider  it  probable  that  the  earliest  issues  did  not  have  these  two 
leaves  but  ended  on  Ki. 

The  Address  to  the  Reader  contains  the  celebrated  account  of  the 
dishonest  publishing  of  plays  during  Shakespeare's  time  which  has 
been  so  often  quoted.  In  some  of  his  other  works  Heywood  mentions 
the  use  of  stenography  and  gives  the  only  known  account  of  Shake- 
speare's wrath  at  the  dishonest  use  of  his  name  by  booksellers  for 
commercial  purposes. 

339.  HEYWOOD. 

An  /  Apology  /  For  Actors.  /  Containing  three  briefe  / 
Treatises./ 1  Their  Antiquity./2  Their  ancient  Dignity. /3  The 
true  use  of  their  quality./Written  by  Thomas  Heywood./ 
[quotation  one  line]/London,/Printed  by  Nicholas  Okes./ 
16 12./  London,  1612. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A4,  a4,  B-G4  =  32  leaves. 

The  "less  volume"  to  which  Heywood  refers  in  his  letters  to  Nicholas 


Contemporary  Notices.  171 

Okes  (64)  is  The  Passionate  Pilgrim,  originally  published  as  Shake- 
speare's in  1599,  but  containing  many  things  not  by  Shakespeare.  It 
was  reprinted  in  1612  by  Jaggard,  still  as  by  Shakespeare,  and  con- 
tained in  addition,  under  his  name,  "Two  love  epistles,  the  first  from 
Paris  to  Helen  and  Helen's  answer  back  again  to  Paris,"  which  were 
really  written  by  Thomas  Heywood  and  published  in  his  Troia  Bri- 
tannica,  carelessly  printed  by  Jaggard  in  1609.  In  the  Apology  for 
Actors,  Heywood  states  that  Shakespeare  was  much  offended  that  Jag- 
gard, unknown  to  him,  should  have  presumed  to  make  so  bold  with  his 
name.  The  result  of  this  vigorous  protest  was  that  Jaggard  dropped 
Shakespeare's  name  from  the  title-page  of  The  Passionate  Pilgrim. 

These  two  epistles  were  reprinted  as  Shakespeare's  in  Poems,  1640, 
and  in  most  collections  of  his  poems  until  1766  when  Dr.  Richard 
Farmer  pointed  out  that  they  were  by  Heywood  and  not  Shakespeare. 

340.  HEYWOOD. 

The  /  Hierarchic  /  of  the  blessed  /Angells./  Their  Names, 
orders/and  Offices./The  fall  of  Lucifer/with  his  Angells./ 
Written  by  Tho:  Hey  wood/ [quotation  one  line] /London/ 
Printed  by/Adam  Islip/i635./T.  Cecill  sculp:/ 

London,  1635. 

First  edition;  folio;  f,  A-Z6,  Aa-Zz6,  Aaa-Fff6,  Ggg4  =  322  leaves, 
the  last  probably  blank,  including  engraved  title-page  by  Cecill  and 
nine  full-page  engraved  plates  by  Payne,  Marshall,  Droeshout,  etc. 

On  page  206  are  references  by  name  to  the  poets  of  the  period,  in- 
cluding Shakespeare. 

341.  SHARPHAM,  EDWARD. 

[ Ornament] /The/Fleire./As  it  hath  beene  often  played  in 
the/Blacke-Fryers  by  the  Children  of /the  Reuells./Written 
by  Edward  Sharpham  of  the/Middle  Temple,  Gentle-/man./ 
[device]  At  London,/Printed  and  are  to  be  solde  by  F.  B.  in 
Paules-Church-/yard,  at  the  signe  of  the  Flower  de  Luce  and 
the/Crowne.  i6oy./  London,  1607. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A2  (the  second  marked  A3)  ;  B-H4  =  30  leaves. 
Henry  IV,  Part  I,  I,  iii,  34-35,  has 

"...  And  his  chin  new  reap'd 
Show'd  like  a  stubble-land  at  harvest-home." 


172  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

Here  we  find  on  the  verso  of  63,  lines  34-35 : 

"for  his  beard  was  newly  cut  bare ;  marry  it  showed  some- 
thing like  a  Meadow  newly  mowed :  stubble,  stubble." 

On  El  verso,  lines  15-16,  there  is  an  allusion  to  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream: 

"Faith  like  Thisbe  in  the  play,  a  has  almost  kil'd  himselfe  with  the 
scabberd." 

342.  WEBSTER,  JOHN.  (1580-1625?) 

The/White  Divel,/or,/The  Tragedy  of  Paulo  Giordano/ 
Ursini,  Duke  of  Brachiano,/With/The  Life  and  Death  of 
Vittoria/Corombona  the  famous/Venetian  Curtizan./Acted 
by  the  Queenes  Maiesties  Seruants./Written  by  lohn  Webster, 
/[quotation  one  line] /London, /Printed  by  N.  O[kes]  for 
Thomas  Archer,  and  are  to  be  sold/at  his  Shop  in  Popes  head 
Pallace,  neere  the/Royall  Exchange.  1612. /  London,  1612. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A2,  B-L4,  M2  =  44  leaves. 

Besides  the  direct  reference  to  Shakespeare  by  name  on  the  verso  of 
A2,  lines  22-25,  there  are  several  parallel  passages  as  follows : 
64  recto,  lines  31-34: 

"You  did  name  your  Dutchesse. 
Whose  death  God  pardon. 
Whose  death  God  revenge  on  thee  most  godlesse  Duke." 

Richard  III,  I,  iii,  135-137: 

"Glo:  Poor  Clarence  did  forsake  his  father,  Warwick; 
Ay,  and  forswore  himself, — which  Jesu  pardon ! 
•  Q.  Mar:  Which  God  revenge!" 


Li  verso,  lines  19-22: 

"Call  for  the  Robin-Red-breast  and  the  wren, 
Since  ore  shadie  groves  they  hover, 
And  with  leaves  and  flowres  doe  cover 
The  friendlesse  bodies  of  unburied  men." 

Cymbeline,  IV,  i,  224 : 

"The  ruddock  would  with  charitable  bill  .   .  . 
.   .   .  bring  thee  all  this ; 


Contemporary  Notices.  173 

Yea,  and  furred  moss  besides,  when  flowers  are  none, 
To  winter-ground  thy  corse." 


Li  verso,  lines  2-3: 

"There's  Rosemarie  for  you,  and  Rue  for  you, 
Hearts-ease  for  you." 

Hamlet,  IV,  v,  175-177: 

"There's  rosemary,  that's  for  remembrance; 
Pray,  love,  remember ;  and  there  is  pansies,  that's  for  thoughts." 

343.  A.,  (H). 

The/Scourge/of  Venus./Or,/The  wanton  Lady./With/ 
The  Rare  Birth/of  Adonis./Written  by  H.  A./London/ 
Printed  by  Nicholas  Okes  dwel-/ling  neere  Holborne-bridge./ 
1613.  London,  1613. 

First  edition;  8vo;  A-C8  =  24  leaves,  Ai  and  A2  probably  blank, 
title  A3. 

The  Freeling-Corser-Huth- White  is  the  only  copy  we  can  trace. 

It  was  reprinted  in  1614  and  1620.  Written  in  direct  imitation  of 
Shakespeare's  Venus  and  Adonis,  and  in  the  same  metre.  Thomas  Hey- 
wood  in  his  Brazen  Age,  1613,  states  that  this  work  was  written  by  him 
and  brazenly  stolen  from  him  by  Henry  Austin.  "They  were  things 
which  out  of  my  juniority  and  want  of  judgement,  I  committed  to  the 
view  of  some  private  friends,  but  with  no  purpose  of  publishing,  or 
further  communicating  them.  Therefore  I  would  entreat  that  Austin, 
for  so  his  name  is,  to  acknowledge  his  wrong  to  me  in  showing  them 
and  his  own  impudence  and  ignorance  in  challenging  them.  But, 
courteous  reader,  I  can  only  excuse  him  in  this,  that  this  is  the  Brazen 
Age." 

344-  B.,  W. 

The/Philosophers/Banquet./Newly/Furnished  and  decked 
/forth  with  much  variety  of  many  seuerall/Dishes,  that  in 
the  former  Seruice/were  neglected. /Where  now  not  onely 
Meates  and  Drinks  of /all  Natures  and  Kindes  are  serued  in, 
but  the  Natures  and  Kindes  of  all  disputed  of./As  further,/ 
Dilated  by  Table-conference,  Alteration  and/Changes  of 
States,  Diminution  of  the  Sta-/ture  of  Man,  Barrennesse  of 


174  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

the  Earth,  with  the  effectes  and  causes  thereof,  Phisically  and/ 
Philosophically./The  second  Edition,/Newly  corrected  and 
inlarged,  to  almost  as/much  more.  By  W.  B.  Esquire./Lon- 
don,/Printed  by  T.  Qreede]  for  Leonard  Becket,  and  are  to 
bee  solde  at  his  shoppe  in  the/Temple,  neere  the  Church./ 
1614.  London,  1614. 

Second  edition ;  8vo;  A8,  *4,  B-R8,  S4  =  144  leaves,  Q5  is  blank. 

No  copy  of  the  first  edition,  1609,  is  known;  and  we  know  of  but  five 
copies  of  this  one :  1,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  Folger  (Huth  copy)  ;  4,  White ; 
5,  Ashburnham  (now  untraced). 

The  compiler  is  not  known. 

On  page  150,  lines  6-1 1,  is: 

"Truly  intending  what  the  Trag.  Q.  but  fainedly  spoke, 
'In  second  husband  let  me  be  accurst, 
None  weds  the  second,  but  who  kills  the  first, 
A  second  time  I  kill  my  husband  dead, 
When  second  husband  kisses  me  in  bed.'  " 

Hamlet,  III,  ii: 

"In  second  Husband  let  me  be  accurst, 
None  wed  the  second,  but  who  kill'd  the  first.  / 


A  second  time  I  kill  my  Husband  dead, 
When  second  Husband  kisses  me  in  bed." 


345.  BROOKE,  CHRISTOPHER,  (d.  1628.) 

The/Ghost/of/Richard/The  Third./Expressing  himselfe 
in  these/three  Parts./ 1  His  Character./!  His  Legend./3  His 
Tragedie./Containing  more  of  him  then  hath  been  heretofore/ 
shewed;  either  in  Chronicles,  Playes,  or  Poems. /[quotation 
one  line] /Printed  by  G.  Eld:  for  L.  Lisle:  and  are  to  be  sold/ 
in  Paules  Church-yard  at  the  signe  of  the/Tygers  head.  1614. 

London,  1614. 

First  edition;  4to;  *4,  A-L4  =  48  leaves;  *i  is  blank  except  for  signa- 
ture-mark, *4  is  blank. 

Only  three  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl.;  2,  Folger;  3,  White  (Daniel- 
Huth  copy). 


Contemporary  Notices.  175 

On  D2  recto  are  the  following  lines  in  praise  of  Shakespeare : 

"To  him  that  Impt  my  Fame  with  Clio's  Quill ; 
Whose  Magick  rais'd  me  from  Obliuions  den ; 
That  writ  my  Storie  on  the  Muses  Hill ; 
And  with  by  Actions  Dignifi'd  his  Pen : 
He  that  from  Helicon  sends  many  a  Rill ; 
Whose  Nectared  Veines,  are  drunke  by  thirstie  Men: 
Crown'd  be  his  Stile,  with  Fame ;  his  Head,  with  Bayes ; 
And  none  detract,  but  gratulate  his  Praise." 

Reprinted  for  the  Shakespeare  Society,  by  J.  P.  Collier,  1844. 

346.  CAMDEN,  WILLIAM.  (1551-1623.) 

Remaines,/conceming/Britaine  :/But  especially  England, 
and  the/Inhabitants  thereof./Their/Languages./Names./Sur- 
names.  /  Allusions.  /  Anagramm.es/ Armories./ Monies. /Em- 
preses.  /  Apparell.  /  Artillarie.  /  Wise  Speeches.  /  Prouerbs.  / 
Poesies./Epitaphes,/Reviewed,  corrected  and  encreased./ [de- 
vice, McK.  326] /Printed  at  London  by  lohn  Legatt  for  Si- 
mon/Waterson.  i6i4./  London,  1614. 

Second  edition;  410;  A2,  B-Z4,  Aa-Zz4,  Aaa-Bbb4,  Ccc2=  192  leaves, 
the  last  blank. 

The  first  edition  of  this  book  was  issued  in  1605,  and  it  is  interesting 
to  find  Shakespeare  included  with  such  famous  names  so  early.  Spenser 
and  Sidney  were  famous  before  Shakespeare  was  known  at  all. 

On  page  43  is  found  "Adde  hereunto,  that  whatsoever  grace  any  other 
language  carrieth  in  verse  or  Prose  .  .  .  they  may  all  bee  liuely  and 
exactly  represented  in  ours :  .  .  .  Catullus  ?  Shakespeare  and  Marlows 
fragment." 

This  mention  of  Shakespeare  and  Marlowe  as  the  English  equivalents 
of  Catullus  shows  that  the  reference  is  to  Shakespeare's  poems  not 
plays. 

Page  324  has  the  following  notice : 

"These  may  suffice  for  some  Poeticall  descriptions  of  our  ancient 
Poets;  if  I  would  come  to  our  time,  what  a  world  could  I  present  to 
you  out  of  Sir  Philip  Sidney,  Ed.  Spencer,  Samuel  Daniel,  Hugh  Hol- 
land, Ben.  Jonson,  Th.  Campion,  Mich.  Drayton,  George  Chapman, 
lohn  Marston,  William  Shakespeare,  and  other  most  pregnant  witts 
of  these  our  times,  whom  succeeding  ages  may  justly  admire." 


176  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

347.  FREEMAN,  THOMAS. 

Rubbe,/and/A  great  Cast./Epigrams/By/Thomas  Free- 
man, Gent./ [quotation  2  lines/ornament] /Imprinted  at  Lon- 
don, and  are  to  bee/sold  at  the  Tigers  Head./ 16 14. / 

London,  1614. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

Four  copies  have  been  traced:  1,  B.M. ;  2,  Bodl. ;  3,  Huntington 
(Brand-Heber-Corser-Huth  copy)  ;  4,  White  (Utterson-Rowfant  copy). 

On  K2  verso  and  K3  recto  is  an  epigram  on  Shakespeare  which 
reads : 

"Shakespeare,  that  nimble  Mercury  thy  braine, 
Lulls  many  hundred  Argus-eyes  asleepe, 
So  fit,  for  all  thou  fashionest  thy  vaine, 
At  th'horse-foote  fountaine  thou  hast  drunk  full  deepe, 
Vertues  or  vices  theme  to  thee  all  one  is : 
Who  loues  chaste  life,  there's  Lucrece  for  a  Teacher: 
Who  list  read  lust  there's  Venus  and  Adonis, 
True  modell  of  a  most  lascivious  leatcher. 
Besides  in  plaies  thy  wit  windes  like  Meander : 
When  needy  new-composers  borrow  more 
Thence  Terence  doth  from  Plautus  or  Menander. 
But  to  praise  thee  aright  I  want  thy  store : 
Then  let  thine  owne  works  thine  owne  worth  vpraise, 
And  help  t'adorne  thee  with  deserued  Baies." 

348.  WESTWARD  FOR  SMELTS. 

Westward  for  Smelts./Or,/The  Water-mans  Fare  of  mad- 
merry  Western/wenches,  whose  tongues  albeit  like  Bell- 
clappers,/they  neuer  leaue  Ringing,  yet  their  Tales  are  sweet,/ 
and  will  much  content  you./Written  by  Kind  Kit  of  King- 
stone./ [woodcut] /London,/Printed  for  lohn  Trundle,  and 
are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in/Barbican,  at  the  Signe  of  the  No- 
boby  [sic]  1620.  London,  1620. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-E4,  F2  =  22  leaves. 

Only  three  copies  are  known :  i,  T.C.C. ;  2,  Clawson  (Britwell  copy)  ; 
3,  White  (Roxburghe-Heber-Daniel-Huth  copy). 

Malone  and  Steevens  both  allude  to  an  edition  of  1603  but  no  trace 
of  such  an  edition  can  be  found  and  it  is  now  considered  improbable 
that  it  ever  appeared. 


Contemporary  Notices.  177 

The  Fishwife  of  Bradford's  Tale  has  been  mentioned  as  a  possible 
source  of  The  Merry  Wives,  but  if  the  edition  of  1620  is  the  earliest 
the  truth  is  that  the  author  had  seen  Shakespeare's  play  or  heard  of  it, 
rather  than  that  Shakespeare  copied  him.  This  would  also  apply  to  the 
story  of  Imogen  in  Cymbelme,  which  has  the  same  origin  as  the  tale  of 
the  Fishwife  of  Standon  on  the  Greene;  both  Shakespeare  and  the 
author  of  Westward  for  Smelts  may  have  drawn  from  the  same  earlier 
source.  The  authorship  of  this  interesting  little  collection  of  stories  has 
been  ascribed  to  John  Taylor,  the  Water  Poet,  but  it  does  not  appear 
in  his  collected  works. 

It  was  reprinted  by  the  Percy  Society,  Vol.  22,  1848,  edited  by  J.  O. 
Halliwell. 


349.  BURTON,  ROBERT.  (1576-1639.) 
The/Anatomy  of/Melancholy./What  it  is./VVith  all  the 

kindes,  /causes,  symptomes,  prog-/nostickes,  and  seve-/rall 
Cures  of  it./In  three  maine  Partitions/with  their  seuerall  Sec- 
tions, Mem-/bers,  and  Subsec-/tions/Philosophically,  Me- 
dici-/nally,  Historically,  Ope-/ned  and  cut  up./By/Democri- 
tus  lunior./With  a  Satyricall  Preface,  conducing  to/the  fol- 
lowing Discourse./ [quotation  2  lines] /At  Oxford,/Printed  by 
lohn  Lichfield  and  lames/Short,  for  Henry  Cripps./Anno 
Dom.  1621.  London,  1621. 

First  edition ;  410  in  eights ;  a-e8,  f *,  A-Z8,  Aa-Zz8,  Aaa-Ccc8,  Ddd4  = 
440  leaves. 

There  were  eight  other  editions  in  the  author's  lifetime. 

On  page  26  are  the  following  lines  referring  to  Comedy  of  Errors: 

"The  whole  world  plaies  the  foole,  we  haue  a  new  Theatre,  a  new 
Sceane,  a  new  comedy  of  errors,  a  new  company  of  personal  Actors." 

350.  BURTON. 

The/Anatomy  of /Melancholy  :/What  it  is,/With  all  the 
kindes,  cau-/ses,  symptomes,  prognosticks,/and  severall  cures 
of  it./In  three  maine  partitions,/with  their  severall  sec- 
tions, mem-/bers,  and  subsections./Philosophically,  medici-/ 
nally,  historically/opened  and  cut  up,/By/Democritus  Junior. 
/With  a  Satyricall  Preface,  conducing  to/ the  following  Dis- 


178  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

course./The  second  Edition,  corrected  and  aug-/mented  by 
the  Author./ [quotation  2  lines] /At  Oxford,/Printed  by  John 
Lichfield  and  James  Short,/for  Henry  Cripps.  Ao.  Dom., 
1624.  London,  1624. 

Second  edition ;  folio ;  a-g4,  h6,  A-Z4,  Aa-Zz4,  Aaa-Zzz4,  Aaaa-Dddd4 
=  326  leaves. 

This  and  later  editions  contain  several  allusions  to  Shakespeare's 
works  not  in  the  first  edition. 

351.  ROBINSON,  THOMAS. 

The/Anatomy/of  the  English/Nunnery  at/Lisbon  in 
Portugall. /Dissected  and/laid  open  by  one  that  was  some-/ 
time  a  yonger  Brother  of  the/Covent  :/Who  (if  the  grace  of 
God  had  not  preuen ted/him) /might  haue  growne  as  old  in  a 
wicked/life  as  the  oldest  amongst  them./ [quotation  2  lines]/ 
Published  by  Authoritie./London,/Printed  by  George  Purs- 
lowe,  for/Robert  Mylbourne,  and  Philemon  Stephens:  and/ 
are  to  be  sold  at  the  great  South  doore/of  Pauls.  1622. 

London,  1622. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-E4  =  20  leaves. 

The  Shakespeare  allusion  is  on  page  17,  lines  5-8: 

"Then  after  supper  it  is  usuall  for  him  to  reade  a  little  of  Venus  and 
Adonis,  the  jests  of  George  Peele,  or  some  such  scurrilous  book." 

352.  TAYLOR,  JOHN.  (1580-1653.) 

Sir/Gregory  Nonsence/His  Newes  from  no  place./Writ- 
ten  on  purpose,  with  much  study  to/no  end,  plentifully  stored 
with  want  of/wit,  learning,  Judgement,  Rime  and/Reason, 
and  may  seeme  very  fitly/for  the  vnderstanding  of /Nobody./ 
Toyte,  Puncton,  Ghemorah,  Molushque,/Kaycapepson./This 
is  the  worke  of  the  Authors,  without  bor-/rowing  or  stealing 
from  others./By  lohn  Taylor./ [ornament] /Printed  in  Lon- 
don, and  are  to  bee  sold  be-/tweene  Charing-Crosse,  and 
Algate./iyoo.  [Colophon]  Printed/at  London  by  N.  O[kes]/ 
1622.  London,  1622. 

First  edition;  8vo;  A-B8=  16  leaves,  the  first  and  last  blank. 


Contemporary  Notices.  179 

The  only  known  copy  belongs  to  Mr.  Clawson;  it  was  formerly  in 
the  Huth  Collection. 

Although  the  title  is  dated  1700,  the  style  of  printing  is  obviously 
earlier  and  by  1700  Taylor  was  so  little  known  that  there  would  have 
been  no  reason  to  reprint  this  pamphlet.  The  date  on  the  title  is  un- 
doubtedly fictitious  and  that  in  the  colophon  the  true  one. 

"So  ending  at  the  beginning,  I  say  as  it  is  applawsfully  written  and 
commended  to  posterity  in  the  Midsummer  nights  dreame.  If  we  offend, 
it  is  with  our  good  will,  we  came  with  no  intent,  but  to  offend,  and  show 
our  simple  skill." 

The  reference  is  to  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  V,  i,  108-111,  where 
Quince  says: 

"If  we  offend,  it  is  with  cure  good  will. 
That  you  should  thinke,  we  come  not  to  offend, 
But  with  good  will.  To  show  our  simple  skill, 
That  is  the  true  beginning  of  our  end." 

353.  TAYLOR. 

Heads  of  all  Fashions, /Being/ A  Plaine  Desection  or  Defi- 
nition of  diverse,/and  sundry  sorts  of  heads,  Butting,  Jet- 
ting, or  pointing/at  vulgar  opinion./And  Allegorically  shew- 
ing the  Diversities  of  Religion  in/these  distempered  times./ 
Now  very  lately  written,  since  Calves-Heads  came  in  Season./ 
[woodcuts  of  various  heads] /London  Printed  for  lohn  Mor- 
gan, to  be  sold  in  the  Old-baily,  1642. /  London,  1642. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A,  4  leaves. 

Attributed  to  John  Taylor,  the  Water  Poet.  Among  the  heads  shown 
on  the  title-page  is  one  of  Shakespeare,  or,  at  least,  one  very  suggestive 
of  the  portrait  in  the  First  Folio. 

354.  BRATHWAITE,  RICHARD.  (1588^-1673.) 
The/English/Gentlewoman,/drawne  out  to  the  full-Body : 

/Expressing,/What  Habilliments  doe  best  attire  her,/What 
Ornaments  doe  best  adorne  her,/What  Complements  doe  best 
accomplish  her./By/Richard  Brathwait  Esq./ [quotation  one 
line]/London,/Printed  by  B.  Alsop  and  T.  Fawcet,  for 
Michael/Sparke,  dwelling  in  Greene  Arbor./ 1 63 1./ 

London,  1631. 


i8o  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

First  edition;  410;  fl«,  fif ,  *«,  **4,  $4,  ft4,  B-Z*.  Aa-Hh*,  Ii2=  146 
leaves,  plus  an  engraved  title  by  Marshall  between  the  "Explanation  of 
the  Frontispiece"  fli,  and  the  printed  title  fl2. 

This  refers  to  Shakespeare  in  the  section  where  suitable  books  for 
women  are  discussed;  the  author  says: 

"Thirdly,  Books  treating  of  light  subjects,  are  Nurseries  of  wan- 
tonesse  .  .  .  Venus  and  Adonis  are  unfitting  Consorts  for  a  Ladies 
bosome." 


355.  ALABASTER,  WILLIAM.  (1567-1640.) 
Roxana/Tragsedia/A  plagiarij  unguibus  vin-/dicata,  aucta, 

&  agnita/ab  Authore/Gulielmo  Alabastro./ [ornament] /Lon- 
dini,/Excudebat  Gulieilmus  Jones./ 1632.  London,  1632. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  A-E8  =  40  leaves. 
There  was  an  anonymous  edition  issued  in  the  same  year. 
With  engraved  frontispiece  by  Gaywood,  which  contains  a  small  view 
of  the  interior  of  a  theatre  shortly  after  the  time  of  Shakespeare. 

356.  MASSINGER,  PHILIP.  (1583-1640.) 
The/Emperour/of/The  East. /A  Tragse-Comoedie./The 

Scaene  Constantinople./As  it  hath  bene  diuers  times  acted,  at 
the  Black-/friers,  and  Globe  Play-houses,  by  the/Kings  Males- 
ties  Seruants./ Written  by  Philip  Massinger./ [ornament]/ 
London,/Printed  by  Thomas  Harper,  for/Iohn  Waterson, 
Anno  i632./  London,  1632. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-M4  =  48  leaves,  the  last  blank. 

In  the  introductory  verses  on  A3  appear  the  following  lines : 

"Read  Johnson,  Shakespeare,  Beaumont,  Fletcher,  or 
Thy  neat-limnd  peeces,  skilfull  Massinger." 

There  are  numerous  resemblances  throughout  to  the  play  of  Othello, 
besides  the  following : 

Othello,  III,  iii,  341 : 

"I  found  not  Cassio's  kisses  on  her  lips." 
Emperour,  Ki  recto,  line  4: 

"Mee  thinks  I  finde  Paulinus  on  her  lips." 


Contemporary  Notices.  181 

357.  MASSINGER,  PHILIP  ;  THOMAS  MIDDLETON  ;  and  WIL- 
LIAM ROWLEY. 

The/Excellent  Comedy,  called/The  Old  Law:/Or/A  new 
way  to  please  you. /By  Phil.  Massinger./Tho.  Middleton./ 
William  Rowley./Acted  before  the  King  and  Queene  at  Salis- 
bury House,/and  at  severall  other  places,  with  great  Ap- 
plause./Together  with  an  exact  and  perfect  Catalogue  of  all/ 
the  Playes,  with  the  Authors  Names,  and  what  are/Comedies, 
Tragedies,  Histories,  Pastoralls,/Masks,  Interludes,  more 
exactly  Printed/then  ever  before. /London, /Printed  for  Ed- 
ward Archer,  at  the  signe  of  the  Adam/and  Eve,  in  Little 
Britaine.  16  56.  /  London,  1656. 

First  edition;  410;  [A]2,  B-K4,  L2,  a4,  b4  =  48  leaves,  the  first  blank. 

The  last  eight  leaves  contain  a  list  of  "all  the  Plaies  that  were  ever 
printed."  It  contains  all  Shakespeare's  genuine  plays  except  King  Lear; 
but  Cymbelona,  John  of  England,  Troilus  and  Cressida  and  Timon  of 
Athens  are  entered  anonymously.  In  addition,  the  following  spurious 
plays,  some  of  them  by  well-known  authors,  appear  under  his  name : 

Arraignment  of  Paris  Chances 

Cromwell's  History  Hieronimo,  both  parts 

Hoffman  King  John  of  England,  both  parts 

London  Pro  dig  all  Merry  Devil 

Mucidorus  Puritan  Widow 

Roman  Actor  Yorkshire  Tragedy 

Trick  to  catch  the  old  one 

358.  BANCROFT,  THOMAS. 
The/Gluttons/Feaver./VVritten    by    Thomas    Bancroft./ 

[ornament] /London,/Printed  by  lohn  Norton,  for  Wil-/liam 
Cooke,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his/shop,  at  Furniuals-Inne  gate, 
in/Holborne.  1633.  London,  1633. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A2,  B-F4  =  22  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 
Four  copies  are  known:  1,  Bodl. ;  2,  Britwell;  3,  Huth  (Freeling- 
Corser  copy,  now  untraced)  ;  4,  White. 

On  A2  recto,  lines  19-22,  appear  these  lines : 

"Tis  not  for  all  to  reach  at  Shakespeares  height, 
Or  thinke  to  grow  to  solid  Johnsons  weight, 


182  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

To  bid  so  faire  as  Chapman  for  a  fame, 

Or  match  (your  family)  the  Beaumonts  name." 

Reprinted  for  the  Roxburghe  Club  in  1817. 

359.  BANCROFT. 
Tvvo/Bookes/of/Epigrammes,/and/Epitaphs.  /  Dedicated 

to  two  top-branches/Of  Gentry  :/Sir  Charles  Shirley,  Baronet, 
/and /William  Davenport,  Esquire. / Written / by  Thomas 
Bancrof t./London  r/Prmted  by  I.  Okes,  for  Matthew  Wal- 
bancke,/and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Grayes-Inne-gate 
1639.  London,  1639. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-L4  =  44  leaves. 

On  the  verso  of  D2  are  two  epigrams  on  Shakespeare. 

360.  PRYNNE,  WILLIAM.  (1600-1669.) 
Histrio-Mastix./The/Players   Scourge, /or/Actors  Tragae- 

die,/Divided  into  Two  Parts./Wherein  it  is  largely  evidenced, 
by  divers/Arguments,  by  the  concurring  Authorities  and  Reso- 
/lutions  of  sundry  texts  of  Scripture;  of  the  whole  Primi-/ 
tive  Church,  both  under  the  Law  and  Gospell:  .  .  ./[8 
lines] /That  popular  Stage-playes  (the  very  Pompes  of  the 
Divell/which  we  renounce  in  Baptisme,  if  we  beleeve  the 
Fathers)  are  sin-/full,  heathenish,  lewde,  ungodly  Spectacles, 
and  most  pernicious  Cor-/ruptions ;  .  .  ./[8  lines] /By  Wil- 
liam Prynne,  an  Vtter-Barrester  of  Lincolnes  Inne/[ quotation 
12  lines] /London,/Prin ted  by  E.A[llde]  and  W.I[ones]  for 
Michael  Sparke,  and  are  to  be  sold/at  the  Blue  Bible,  in 
Greene  Arbour,  in  little  Old  Bayly.  1633.  London,  1633. 

First  edition;  4to;  Title  1  leaf,  *4,  **8,  ****,  B-Z4,  Aa-Zz4,  Aaa- 
Zzz4,  Aaa*-Kkk*4,  4A-4Z4,  5A-5Z4,  6A-6R4  =  57i  leaves. 

For  this  book  and  chiefly  for  the  reference  on  page  708  to  the  acting 
of  people  of  quality,  Prynne  was  sentenced  by  the  Star  Chamber  to  pay 
a  fine  of  £5,000  to  the  King,  to  be  degraded  from  the  law  and  to  lose 
his  ears  in  the  pillory ;  it  was  also  ordained  that  this  leaf  be  cancelled, 
but  it  is  found  in  some  copies.  **6  verso  contains  the  well-known  notes 
about  the  large  sale  of  plays ;  it  is  probable  that  the  second  note  refers 
to  the  second  collected  edition  of  Shakespeare's  plays,  the  Folio  of  1632. 


Contemporary  Notices.  183 

361.  HABINGTON,  WILLIAM.  (1605-1654.) 
Castara./The  first  part.  /  [quotation  3  lines  /  ornament]  / 

London, /Printed  by  Anne  Griffin  for  William  Cooke,/and 
are  to  bee  sold  at  his  shop  neare/Furnivals  Inne  gate  in  Hol- 
burne./i634. 
[With] 

Castara./The  second  part./ [quotation  2  lines/ornament]/ 
London,/Printed  by  Anne  Griffin  for  William  Cooke,/and  are 
to  be  sold  at  his  shop  neare/Furnivals  Inne  Gate  in  Holburne. 
/i634./  London,  1634. 

First  edition  of  both  parts ;  4to ;  A-L*  =  44  leaves,  the  last  blank  and 
genuine.  Some  copies  have  L4  an  Errata,  but  this  is  a  later  state  of  the 
last  signature.  Sometimes  the  Errata  is  inserted  in  front. 

On  page  52  is  a  poem  "To  a  Friend  Inviting  him  to  a  meeting  upon 
promise,"  in  which  occur  the  following  lines : 

"Of  this  wine  should  Prynne 
Drinke  but  a  plenteous  glasse,  he  would  beginne 
A  health  to  Shakespeares  ghost." 

This  allusion  is  to  William  Prynne,  the  author  of  His  trio-Mas  fix, 
which  is  a  Puritan  attack  on  players  and  plays. 

362.  D'AVENANT,  Sir  WILLIAM.  (1606-1668.) 
Madagascar;/ with  other/Poems. /By /W.   Davenant./[ or- 
nament] /London, /Printed  by  John  Haviland  for  Thomas 
Walkly,/and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  at  the  Flying  Horse/ 
neare  Yorke  house.  1638  London,  1638. 

First  edition;  I2mo;  9  leaves  without  signature-marks,  B-G12  =  8i 
leaves,  the  last  blank. 

The  Ode  "In  Remembrance  of  Master  William  Shakespeare,"  on 
page  37,  is  said  to  have  been  written  by  Davenant  when  eleven  years  of 
age ;  he  was,  however,  poet-laureate  and  32  years  old  when  the  Ode  was 
first  printed. 

Davenant  and  Dryden  collaborated  in  the  adaptation  of  the  Tempest, 
which  was  first  printed  in  1670.  In  the  preface,  Dryden  says:  "I  do 
not  set  a  value  on  anything  I  have  written  in  this  play,  but  out  of  grati- 
tude to  the  memory  of  Sir  William  Davenant,  who  did  me  the  honor 
to  join  me  with  him  in  the  alteration  of  it.  It  was  originally  Shake- 


184  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

speare's,  a  poet  for  whom  he  had  a  particularly  high  veneration,  and 
whom  he  first  taught  me  to  admire." 

363.  NABBES,  THOMAS.  (1605-1641?) 
Totenham/Court./A   Pleasant /Comedie:/ Acted   in   the 

Yeare  MDCXXXIII./At  the  private  House  in  Salisbury- 
Court./The  Author/Thomas  N abbes./ [device,  McK.  3io]/ 
At  London, /Printed  by  Richard  Oulton,  for/Charles  Greene; 
and  are  to  be/sold  at  the  Signe  of  the  White  Lyon,  in/Pauls 
Church-yard./ 1638.7  London,  1638. 

First  edition,  first  issue ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves,  the  first  probably 
blank. 

The  second  and  third  issues  appeared  in  1639  with  slightly  different 
title-pages ;  the  text  is  the  same. 

In  Act  I,  Scene  iii,  James  says  : 

"Hang  cases  and  bookes  that  are  spoy'l  with  them.  Give  me  Johnson 
and  Shakespeare :  there's  learning  for  a  gentleman." 

364.  BROME,  RICHARD,  (d.  1652?) 

The/Antipodes  :/A  Comedie./Acted  in  the  yeare  1638.  by 
the  Queenes/Majesties  Servants,  at  Salisbury/Court  in  Fleet- 
street./The  Author  Richard  Brome./[ quotation  one  line]/ 
London  r/Printed  by  J.  Okes,  for  Francis  Constable,  and/are 
to  be  sold  at  his  shops  in  Kings'/street  at  the  signe  of  the 
Goat,/and  in  Westminster-hall.  1640.  London,  1640. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A-L4  =  44  leaves. 

At  the  end  is  a  note  by  Brome  asserting  that  this  printed  version  is 
the  complete  one  while  portions  were  cut  out  when  the  play  was  acted. 

On  the  recto  of  C2,  lines  31-36,  is  the  following  mention  of  Shake- 
speare : 

"I  tell  thee 

These  lads  can  act  the  Emperors  lives  all  over, 
And  Shakespeares  Chronicled  histories,  to  boot, 
And  were  that  Caesar,  or  that  English  Earle, 
That  lov'd  a  Play  and  Player  so  well  now  living, 
I  would  not  be  out-vyed  in  my  delights." 


Contemporary  Notices.  185 

365.  BROME. 

A/Joviall  Crew  :/Or,/The  Merry  Beggars. /Presented  in 
a/Comedie, /at/The  Cock-pit  in  Drury  Lane,  in/the  yeer 
1641. /Written  by  Richard  Brome./ [quotation  one  line/orna- 
ment]/London  i/Printed  by  J.  Ytoung*?]  for  E.  D[od]  and 
N.  E[lkins]  and  are  to  be/sold  at  the  Gun  in  Ivy-Lane.  1652. 

London,  1652. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A4,  a2,  B-O4  =  58  leaves. 

The  last  of  Brome's  dramas  and  acted  until  1791 ;  it  was  made  into 
an  opera  in  1731. 

Among  the  commendatory  poems  by  Shirley  and  others,  is  one  by 
J.  Tatham,  which  gives  the  unfavorable  opinion  of  certain  wits  in 
regard  to  the  great  dramatists. 

366.  WITS  RECREATIONS 
Wits/Recreations./Selected    from    the/finest    Fancies/of 

Moderne  Muses./ [ornament] /London, /Printed  by  R.H.  for 
Humphry  Blunden/at  the  Castle  in  Corn-hill  1640 

London,  1640. 

First  edition;  8vo;  [A]2,  B-L8,  M4,  Aa-Cc8=  110  leaves,  M4  blank. 

Aa-Cc  contain  "Epitaphs"  without  a  separate  title,  this  may  not  be 
part  of  the  book  as  originally  issued.  65  recto  contains  an  Epitaph 
"To  Mr.  William  Shake-spear"  and  on  Aa2  recto  is  found  the  well- 
known  poem  on  Shakespeare  which  is  generally  credited  to  William 
Basse.  It  was  included  in  the  Poems  of  Beaumont,  1653,  but  is  certainly 
not  by  him:  it  begins  "Renowned  Spencer,  lie  a  thought  more  nigh." 
There  are  numerous  manuscript  versions  of  this  poem  and  it  was  also 
included  in  Donne's  poems,  1633. 

367.  BAKER,  Sir  RICHARD.  (1568-1645.) 
A/Chronicle/of  the/Kings  of  England/From  the  Time  of 

the/Romans  Government/unto  the  Raigne  of  our/Soveraigne 
Lord  King  Charles/Containing  all  Passages  of  State  &  Church, 
/With  all  other  Observations  proper  for  a/Chronicle./Faith- 
fully  Collected  out  of  Authours  Ancient/and  Moderne  ;/& 
digested  into/a  new  Method/By  Sir.  R.  Baker/Knight/Lon- 
don Printed  for  Daniel  Frere,  and/are  to  be  sold  at  his  Shop, 
at  the/Red  Bull  in  Little  Brittaine./i643.  London,  1643. 


186  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

First  edition ;  folio;  A5,  A-X4,  Y8,  Z1,  Aa-Uu4,  Xx2,  Aaa-Nnn4,  Ooo2, 
Aaaa-Uuuu4,  Xxxx2,  Yyyy-Zzzz4,  Aaaaa-Bbbbb4,  Ccccc2  =  332  leaves, 
plus  a  portrait  by  Van  Dalen  and  an  engraved  title  by  Marshall. 

On  page  120  appears: 

"For  writers  of  Playes,  and  such  as  had  been  Players  themselves, 
William  Shakespeare  and  Benjamin  Johnson  have  specially  left  their 
Names  recommended  to  Posterity." 

Also  in  the  Index,  see: 

"William  Shakespeare  an  excellent  writer  of  Comedies." 

368.  GREAT  ASSISES. 

The/Great  Assises/Holden  in  Parnassus/by /Apollo/and/ 
His  Assessours  :/At  which  Sessions  are  Arraigned/Mercurius 
Britanicus./[n  lines,  names  of  newspapers,  etc.,/ornament]/ 
London,/Printed  by  Richard  Cotes,  for  Edward  Husbands, 
and  are  to/be  sold  at  his  Shop  in  the  Middle  Temple,  1645.7 

London,  1645. 

First  edition;  4to;  A-F4,  Gx  =  25  leaves.  This  is  sometimes  entered 
under  Wither  but  it  is  doubtful  if  he  wrote  it. 

Francis  Bacon  was  the  Chancellor,  Sir  Philip  Sidney  the  High  Con- 
stable, the  twelve  jurors  were  headed  by  George  Wither,  who  was 
foreman,  and  include  Shakespeare,  Drayton,  etc.  The  other  characters 
mentioned  include  the  various  literary  lights  of  the  period  and  earlier, 
and  the  Malefactors  are  the  newspapers,  etc.,  of  the  day.  Shakespeare 
is  mentioned  as  follows : 

"Shakespear's  a  Mimicke,  Massinger  a  Sot, 
Heywood  for  Aganippe  takes  a  plot." 

369.  MILTON,  JOHN.  (1608-1674.) 

Poems/of/Mr.  John  Milton,/both/English  and  Latin,/ 
Compos'd  at  several  times./Printed  by  his  true  Copies./The 
Songs  were  set  in  Musick  by/Mr.  Henry  Lawes  Gentleman 
of /the  Kings  Chappel,  and  one/of  His  Maiesties/Private 
Musick./ [quotation  3  lines] /Printed  and  publish'd  according 
to/Order./London,/Printed  by  Ruth  Raworth  for  Humphrey 
Moseley;/and  are  to  be  sold  at  the  signe  of  the  Princes/Arms 
in  Pauls  Churchyard.  i645./  London,  1645. 


Contemporary  Notices.  187 

First  collected  edition;  8vo;  a4,  A-G8,  H4,  A-E8,  F4=io8  leaves, 
including  engraved  portrait  of  Milton  by  Marshall. 

The  Latin  Poems  have  a  separate  title  on  Ai  (repeated)  and  have 
separate  signatures  and  pagination,  but  are  called  for  in  the  first  title 
and  are  part  of  the  original  book. 

Some  copies  have  last  line  of  imprint  "Arms  in  S.  Pauls  Churchyard. 
1645"  but  there  are  no  other  differences. 

With  epitaph  on  Shakespeare  which  first  appeared  among  the  com- 
mendatory verses  attached  to  the  Second  Folio,  1632;  it  was  also  in- 
cluded in  the  unauthorized  edition  of  Shakespeare's  Poems,  1640. 

This  contains  all  the  poems  which  Milton  had  written  up  to  this  date 
except  "On  the  Death  of  a  Fair  Infant,"  and  "At  a  Vacation  Exer- 
cise." These  appeared  in  the  second  edition  of  the  poems,  1673. 

370.  MILTON. 

Eikonoklastes/in/Answer/To  a  Book  Intitl'd/Eikon  Basi- 
like,/The/Portratiire  of  his  Sacred  Majesty/in  his  Solitudes 
and  Sufferings. /The  Author  I.  M./ [quotation  13  lines] /Pub- 
lished by  Authority./London,  Printed  by  Matthew  Simmons, 
next  dore  to  the  gilded/Lyon  in  Aldersgate  street.  i649./ 

London,  1649. 

First  edition;  4to;  [A]2,  B-Z4,  Aa-Ii4,  Kk2  =  128  leaves,  the  first 
blank. 

After  the  Restoration  this  was  called  in  by  proclamation  and  ordered 
by  the  Commons  to  be  burnt,  June  16,  1660. 

On  page  11  is  the  statement  that  Shakespeare  was  "the  Closet  Com- 
panion of  King  Charles'  solitudes,"  i.e.,  in  prison. 

371.  SUCKLING,  Sir  JOHN.  (1609-1641.) 

Fragmenta  Aurea./A  Collection  of  all/the  Incomparable 
Peeces,/Written/By  Sir  John  Suckling./And  published  by  a 
Friend  to  perpetuate/his  memory./Printed  by  his  owne  Copies. 
/London, /Printed  for  Humphrey  Moseley,  and  are  to  be/ 
sold  at  his  shop,  at  the  Signe  of  the  Prin-/ces  Armes  in  St. 
Pauls  Churchyard./MDCXLVI./  London,  1646. 

First  edition;  8vo;  A4,  A-G8,  H4,  A-E8,  F4,  A-D8,  A-C8,  D*=i68 

leaves,  including  engraved  portrait  of  Suckling  by  Marshall,  Ai. 

Some  copies  have  the  first  line  of  title  all  in  small  capitals,  others 


i88  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

have  the  F  and  A  in  capitals  and  the  remainder  in  lower  case ;  there  are 
no  other  differences  and  it  is  not  known  which  is  the  earlier. 

The  first  nine  lines  of  the  poem  "A  Supplement  of  an  imperfect  Copy 
of  Verses  of  Mr.  Wil.  Shakespears,"  on  page  29  are  from  Shakespeare's 
Lucrece,  which  was  first  published  in  1594.  They  differ,  however,  from 
the  lines  as  given  in  that  edition  and  reprinted  in  England's  Parnassus, 
1600.  Suckling  was  a  great  admirer  of  Shakespeare  and  refers  to  him  in 
several  places. 

372.  CORBET,  RICHARD.  (1583-1635.) 
Certain/Elegant/Poems,/Written/By  Dr./Corbet,/Bishop 

/of/Norwich./London,   Printed  by  R.  Cotes  for  Andrew/ 
Crooke  at  the  Green  Dragon  in  Pauls/Church-yard,  1647. 

London,  1647. 

First  edition;  8vo;  A4,  B-D8,  E4,  F  (wrongly  marked  A)8,  G8  =  48 
leaves,  Ai  and  £4  probably  blank. 

Two  of  the  poems  in  the  first  part  are  reprinted  with  slight  changes 
in  the  second  part. 

In  Iter  Boreale,  Corbet  gives  us  the  information  that  Richard  Bur- 
bage  created  the  part  of  Richard  III;  the  quotation  "A  horse!  a  horse!" 
was  one  of  the  most  popular  lines  in  Shakespeare's  plays. 

373.  SHEPPARD,  SAMUEL. 

Epigrams  /  Theological,  /  Philosophical,  /  and/Romantick./ 
Six  Books,/also/the  Socratick  Session, /or/The  Arraignment 
and  Conviction, /of  Julius  Scaliger,/with  other  Select  Poems./ 
By  S.  Sheppard./ London, /Printed  by  G.  Dtawson1?]  for 
Thomas  Bucknell,/at  the  Signe  of  the  Golden  Lion  in  Duck-/ 
Lane,  1651.7  London,  1651. 

First  edition ;  8vo ;  2  leaves  without  signature-marks,  the  first  "The 
Language  of  the  Frontispiece,"  the  second  an  engraved  frontispiece, 
A-S8  =  146  leaves. 

Epigram  17,  on  pages  150  bis  to  154,  is  an  enthusiastic  tribute  to 
Shakespeare.  There  are  also  other  mentions  of  him  in  the  collection. 

374.  COTGRAVE,  JOHN. 

The/English  Treasury /Of /Wit  and  Language,/Collected/ 
Out  of  the  most,  and  best/of  our  English/Drammatick  Poems ; 


Contemporary  Notices.  189 

/Methodically  digested  into/Common  Places/For  Generall 
Use. /By  John  Cotgrave  Gent./ [quotation  one  line] /London, 
/Printed  for  Humphrey  Moseley,  and  are/to  be  sold  at  his 
Shop  at  the  sign  of  the/Princes  Armes  in  S.  Pauls  Church-yard, 
1655.  London,  1655. 

First  edition;  410;  [A]4,  B-U8,  X4=  168  leaves. 

This  anthology  is  arranged  by  subject  and  contains  about  130  quo- 
tations from  Shakespeare.  These  quotations  are  taken  from  27  of  his 
plays,  the  most  quoted  being:  Hamlet,  18;  Timon  of  Athens,  n  ;  Mer- 
chant of  Venice,  9;  Measure  for  Measure,  9;  Troilus  and  Cressida,  8. 
The  10  plays  not  quoted  are  chiefly  the  early  ones. 

375.  DUGDALE,  Sir  WILLIAM.  (1605-1686.) 

The/ Antiquities/of /Warwickshire/Illustrated  ;/From  Rec- 
ords, Leiger-Books,  Ma-/nuscripts,  Charters,  Evidences,/ 
Tombes,  and  Armes  :/Beautified/With  Maps,  Prospects  and 
Portraictures  /  By  William  Dugdale.  /  [quotation  2  lines  / 
device] /London  ;/Printed  by  Thomas  Warren,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord/God,  M.DC.  LVI.  London,  1656. 

First  edition;  folio;  a4,  b4,  A-Z4,  Aa-Zz4,  Aaa-Zzz4,  Aaaa-Zzzz4, 
Aaaaa-Eeeee4,  Ff f f f 2,  Ggggg6  =  404  leaves,  the  last  probably  blank. 

There  is  a  portrait  of  Dugdale  by  Hollar  as  ai. 

Folding  maps  facing  pp.  1,  3,  86,  297,  487,  636;  full  page  or  double 
plates  at  pp.  58,  72,  160,  298,  384,  2  at  64  and  532;  numerous  copper 
plates  by  Hollar,  Lombart,  etc.,  in  the  text.  Plates  at  pp.  58  and  520 
are  often  lacking. 

There  are  notices  of  Shakespeare  at  page  523;  and  on  page  520  is 
the  first  reproduction  of  his  monument  at  Stratford.  His  wife,  daughter 
Susanna,  son-in-law  John  Hall,  and  others  are  mentioned  on  page  518. 

376.  HALL,  JOHN.  (1575-1635.) 
Select/Observations/on/English/Bodies  :/Or,/Cures    both 

Empericall  and/Historicall,  performed  up-/on  very  eminent 
Persons  in  desperate  Diseases./First,  written  in  Latine/by  Mr. 
John  Hall  Physician,/living  in  Warwick-shire,  where  he/ was 
very  famous,  as  also  in/the  Counties  adjacent,  as  ap-/peares 
by  these  Observations/drawn  out  of  severall  hun-/dreds  of 


190  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

his,  as  choysest./Now  put  into  English  for  com-/mon  benefit 
by  James  Cooke/Practitioner  in  Physick  and/Chirurgery./ 
London,  Printed  for  John  Sherley,  at  the/Golden  Pelican,  in 
Little-Britain.  1657.  London,  1657. 

First  edition;  I2mo;  A-O12,  P2=  170  leaves. 

John  Hall  married  Shakespeare's  eldest  daughter,  Susanna,  in  1607. 
Dr.  Hall  died  in  1635  and  Mrs.  Hall  in  1649.  James  Cooke  was  a 
doctor  of  Warwick  in  attendance  on  the  Parliamentary  forces  "keeping 
the  pass  at  the  Bridge  of  Stratford  upon  Avon."  He  described  his  inter- 
view with  Mrs.  Hall,  where  he  bought  some  medical  books  which  had 
belonged  to  her  husband.  Among  them  were  two  or  three  note  books 
which  Cooke  recognized  as  in  Hall's  handwriting  but  which  Mrs.  Hall 
did  not  know  were  his.  Cooke  translated  and  published  about  two  hun- 
dred of  the  cases  described  by  Hall.  On  page  24,  "Mrs.  Hall  of  Strat- 
ford my  wife,"  is  referred  to,  and  on  page  47  Shakespeare's  grand- 
daughter is  mentioned  as  "Elizabeth  Hall  my  onely  Daughter."  The 
poets  Drayton  and  Randolph  were  among  Hall's  patients. 

377.  WILSON,  JOHN.  (1595-1674.) 

Cheerfull  Ayres/Or/Ballads/First  composed  for  one  single 
Voice  and/since  set  for  three  Voices/By/John  Wilson  Dr.  in 
Musick/Professor  of  the  same  in  the/University  of  Oxford./ 
Oxford,  Printed  by  W.  Hall,  for  Ric.  Davis./Anno  Dom. 
M.DC.LX./  Oxford,  1660. 

First  edition ;  3  parts ;  oblong  410 ; 

The  three  parts  are:  1,  Cantus  Primus;  2,  Cantus  Secundas;  3, 
Bassus. 

The  Preface  says  that  this  was  the  first  attempt  to  print  music  at 
Oxford. 

The  following  songs  are  from  Shakespeare's  plays : 

Pages  6-  7.  "Full  fathom  five  thy  Father  lyes."  From  Tempest. 
Pages  8-  9.  "Where  the  Bee  sucks,  there  suck  I."  From  Tempest. 
Pages  64-66.  "Lawne  as  white  as  driven  snow."  From  Winter's  Tale. 

378.  FULLER,  THOMAS.  (1608-1661.) 

The /History /of  the /Worthies /of /England, /Who  for 
Parts  and  Learning  have  been  eminent  in  the/several  Coun- 
ties./Together  With/ An  Historical  Narrative  of  the  Native 


Contemporary  Notices.  191 

Commodities  and  Rarities  in  each  County./Endeavored  by/ 
Thomas  Fuller,  D.D./London,/Printed  by  J.  G.  W.  L.  and 
W.  G.  for  Thomas  Williams,  and/are  to  be  sold  at  the  sign 
of  the  Bible  in  Little  Britain./MDCLXII./  London,  1662. 

First  edition;  folio;  [A]4,  B-D4,  E3,  F-I4,  K3,  L-Z4,  Aa4,  Bb2,  Cc-Ff4, 
Gg2,  Hh-Qq4,  Tt-Zz4,  Aaa4,  Bbb2,  Aa4,  Bb4,  Cc2,  Dd-Nn4,  Oo2,  P-T4, 
Vv-Zz4,  Aaa-Qqq4,  Rrr2,  Sss-Yyy4,  Aaa-Zzz4,  Aaaa-Ffff4,  Aaaaa2, 
Bbbbb-Hhhhh4,  liiii2  =  498  leaves.  With  the  Index,  A-F,  i  leaf  each, 
which  was  not  issued  until  long  after  the  book  and  is  not  an  integral 
part  of  it.  With  a  portrait  of  Fuller  by  Loggan  at  [Ai]. 

Some  copies  have  title :  "The/History/of  the/Worthies/of /England. 
/Endeavored  by/Thomas  Fuller,  D.D./ [ornament] /London,/Printed 
by  J.  G.  W.  L.  and  W.  G.  MDCLXII."  The  collation  is  the  same  and 
apparently  there  are  no  other  differences. 

On  page  126  is  found  the  first  biographical  notice  of  Shakespeare; 
it  does  not  give  the  date  of  his  birth  and  says  he  died  in  "16 — ."  The 
notice  appears  in  the  section  on  Warwickshire. 

379.  DRYDEN,  JOHN.  (1631-1700.) 
The/Rival/Ladies./A/Tragi-Comedy./As  it  was  Acted  at 

the  Theater- /Royal./ [quotation  one  line  /  ornament] /Lon- 
don,/Printed  by  W.  W.  for  Henry  Heringman,  and  are  to/be 
Sold  at  his  Shop  in  the  Lower-walk  in  the  New-/Exchange. 
1664.  London,  1664. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-I4,  K2  =  38  leaves. 

In  the  dedication  to  Lord  Orrery,  Dry  den  defends  his  use  of  blank 
verse  and  says : 

"Shakespeare  (who  with  some  Errors  not  to  be  avoyed  in  that  Age, 
had,  undoubtedly  a  larger  Soul  of  Poesie  than  ever  any  of  our  Nation), 
was  the  first,  who  to  shun  the  pains  of  continuall  Rhyming  invented 
that  kind  of  writing,  which  we  call  blanck  Verse,  but  the  French  more 
properly,  Prose  Mesuree:  into  which  the  English  Tongue  so  naturally 
Slides,  that  in  writing  Prose  'tis  hardly  to  be  avoyded." 

380.  DRYDEN. 

Of/Dramatick  Poesie,/An/Essay./By  John  Dryden  Esq;/ 
[quotation  3  lines] /London,/Printed  for  Henry  Herringman, 
at  the  Sign  of  the/Anchor,  on  the  Lower-walk  of  the  New-/ 
Exchange.  1668.  London,  1668. 


192  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  A-K4  =  40  leaves. 

The  work  is  full  of  Shakespeare  allusions  but  the  principal  ones  are 
on  the  following  pages :  Pages  29-30,  46-52,  64-65. 


381.  DRYDEN. 

An/Evening's  Love./Or  the/Mock-Astrologer./Acted  at 
the  Theatre-Royal/By  his/Majesties  Servants./Written  by/ 
John  Dryden,/Servant  to  His  Majesty. /[quotation  one  line] 
/In  the  Savoy,/Printed  by  T.  N[ewcomb]  for  Henry  Herring- 
man,  and  are  to  be/sold  at  the  Anchor  in  the  lower  Walk  of/ 
the  New  Exchange,  1 67 1 ./  London,  1 67 1 . 

4to;  [A]4,  a4,  b2,  A-L4,  M2  =  56  leaves. 

One  of  two  editions  of  this  year ;  the  other  collates  A-M4,  O2  and  is 
therefore  probably  later  than  this. 

The  play  was  first  acted  in  1668  and  is  based  on  Corneille  and 
Moliere. 

In  the  Preface  Dryden  discusses  various  qualities  of  the  Elizabethan 
dramatists  including  Shakespeare.  He  states  that  Jonson  excelled  the 
dramatic  writers  of  his  own  (Dry den's)  time  in  humor  and  contrivance 
of  Comedy,  while  the  latter  excelled  Shakespeare  and  Fletcher  in 
Heroic  plays. 

382.  DRYDEN. 

The  Conquest /of /Granada /by  the  /  Spaniards :/ In  Two 
Parts./Acted  at  the  Theater-Royall./ Written  by  John  Dryden 
Servant/to  His  Majesty. /[quotation  2  lines] /In  the  Savoy;/ 
Printed  by  T.  N[ewcomb]  for  Henry  Herringman,  and  are  to/ 
be  sold  at  the  Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk/of  the  New  Ex- 
change. 1672.  London,  1672. 

First  edition ;  2  parts  in  one ;  4to ;  *4,  a4,  b4,  A-Y4  =100  leaves. 

To  the  first  part  Dryden  prefixed  "Of  Heroique  Playes.  An  Essay," 
in  which  he  said,  "we  thought,  because  Shakespear  and  Fletcher  went  no 
farther,  that  there  the  Pillars  of  Poetry  were  to  be  erected.  That,  because 
they  excellently  describ'd  Passion  without  Rhyme,  therefore  Rhyme 
was  not  capable  of  describing  it.  But  time  has  now  convinced  most  men 
of  that  Error." 

He  also  added  to  the  second  part,  when  printed,  a  Defense  of  the 


Contemporary  Notices.  193 

Epilogue,  in  which  he  dwelt  upon  the  change  of  language  since  the 
writers  of  the  age  of  Shakespeare.  In  this  article  Dryden  says  that 
Shakespeare  himself  said  that  he  was  forced  to  kill  Mercutio  in  the 
third  act  to  prevent  being  killed  by  him. 

383.  DRYDEN. 

The/State  of  Innocence, /And/Fall  of  Man  :/An/Opera./ 
Written  in  Heroique  Verse, /And  Dedicated  to  Her  Royal 
Highness,/The/Dutchess./By  John  Dryden,  Servant  to  His 
Majesty./ [quotation  2  lines] /London:  Printed  by  T.  N[ew- 
comb]  for  Henry  Herringman,  at  the/Anchor  in  the  Lower 
Walk  of  the  New  Exchange.  1677. /  London,  1677. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  Title  1  leaf,  A2,  b2,  c2,  B-G4  =  31  leaves,  the  last 
probably  blank. 

In  the  Preface  Dryden  defends  Shakespeare  and  Jonson  for  intro- 
ducing fairies  into  their  plays. 

384.  DRYDEN. 

The/Vindication  :/or  the/Parallel /of  the/French  Holy- 
League,/and  the/English  League  and  Covenant,/Turn'd  into 
a  Seditious  Libell  against  the/King  and  his  Royal  Highness,/ 
by  Thomas  Hunt  and  the  Authors  of  the  Reflections  upon/the 
Pretended  Parallel  in  the  Play  called/The  Duke  of  Guise./ 
Written  by  Mr.  Dryden.  /  [quotation  3  lines]  /  London,  / 
Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson  at  the  Judges  Head  in  Chancery- 
Lane, /near  Fleetstreet,  MDCLXX  XIII.  London,  1683. 

First  edition ;  410 ;  Title  1  leaf,  A-G4,  H2  =  31  leaves. 

In  this  defense  of  his  loyalty  in  The  Duke  of  Guise,  Dryden  refers 
to  Shakespeare  and  says :  "Twas  our  common  business  here  to  draw  the 
Parallel  of  the  Times,  and  not  to  make  an  Exact  Tragedy:  For  this 
once  we  were  resolved  to  erre  with  honest  Shakespeare." 

385.  FLECKNOE,  RICHARD.  (1-i6j8.) 

Love's  Kingdom./A/Pastoral  Trage-Comedy./Not  as  it 
was  Acted  at  the  Theatre/near  Lincolns-Inn,  but  as  it  was/ 
written  and  since  corrected/By/Richard  Flecknoe./With  a 


194  Mr.  William  Shakespeare. 

short  Treatise  of  the  English  Stage,  &c./by  the  same  Author./ 
[ornament]  /London, /Printed  by  R.  Wood  for  the  Author, 
i664-/  London,  1664. 

This  work  was  first  issued  in  1654  as  Love's  Dominion;  it  has  here 
some  alterations  and  a  new  title.  At  the  end  is  added  the  Treatise  of 
the  English  Stage  in  which  Flecknoe  not  only  compares  the  great  Eng- 
lish dramatists  but  mentions  the  actors  Field  and  Burbage. 

386.  KIRKMAN,  FRANCIS.  (1632-*?) 
The/Wits,/or,/Sport  upon  Sport./In  Selected  Pieces  of/ 

Drollery,/Digested  into  Scenes  by  way  of/Dialogue. /To- 
gether with  Variety  of  Hu-/mours  of  several  Nations,  fitted 
for/the  Pleasures  and  Content  of  all  Persons,  either  in/Court, 
City,  Country,  or  Camp.  The  like  ne-/ver  before  Published./ 
Part  I./London,/Printed  by  E.  C.  for  Francis  Kirkman,  next 
Door  to/the  Sign  of  the  Princes  Arms,  in  St.  Pauls/Church- 
Yard.  i6j2./  London,  1672. 

Second  edition,  Part  I ;  8vo ;  A2,  C-N8,  O6  =  96  leaves,  plus  engraved 
plate  of  Red  Bull  Theatre  facing  title  Al. 

Although  the  plate  is  entitled  "Red  Bull  Theatre,"  experts  agree 
that  it  is  not  a  picture  of  the  Red  Bull  nor  of  any  other  actual  theatre 
but  a  crude  representation  of  an  imaginary  stage  for  acting  Drolls  and 
small  plays. 

387.  GESTA  GRAYORUM. 

Gesta  Grayorum  :/Or,  the/History/Of  the  High  and 
mighty  Prince,/Henry /Prince  of  Purpoole,  Arch-Duke  of  Sta- 
pulia  and/Bernadia  .  .  ./[6  lines] /Who  Reigned  and  Died, 
A.  D.  i594-/Together  with/A  Masque,  as  it  was  presented 
(by  His  Highness's  Com-/mand)  for  the  Entertainment  of 
Q.  Elizabeth  ;/who,  with  the  Nobles  of  both  Courts,  was 
present/thereat./London,  Printed  for  W.  Canning,  at  his 
Shop  in/the  Temple-Cloysters,  MDCLXXXVIII./Price,  one 
Shilling./  London,  1688. 

First  edition ;  4to ;  A2,  B-I4,  K2  =  36  leaves. 

On  page  22  is  an  account  of  festivities  at  Gray's  Inn  in  which  there 
was  such  crowding  and  tumult  on  the  stage  by  "worshipful  persons 


Contemporary  Notices.  195 

that  might  not  be  displaced  and  gentlewomen  whose  sex  priviledged 
them  from  violence"  that  the  visiting  embassy  from  the  Temple  was 
obliged  to  leave. 

Afterwards  dancing  and  revelling  were  started,  "and  after  such 
Sports,  a  Comedy  of  Errors  (like  to  Plautus  his  Menechmus),  was 
played  by  the  Players.  So  that  night  was  begun,  and  continued  to  the 
end,  in  nothing  but  Confusion  and  Errors;  whereupon,  it  was  ever 
afterwards  called,  The  Night  of  Errors." 


THE  INDEX 


The  Index. 


A.,  E.,  pr.  1607-10.  Probably  Ed- 
ward Allde,  q.v. 

A.,  H. :  343 

A.,  T.:3i6 

ABC  Book:  197 

Acheley,  Thomas  1316 

Acolastus:  314 

Acts  and  Monuments  of  the 
Church:  231 

Adams,  Thomas,  bk.  1591-1620: 

275'  293 
&  ditto:  219 
jEsop:  189 

/Ethiopian  (An)  Historic:  213 
Affectionate  (The}  Shepheard: 

282 

Aganippe :  368 
Alabaster,  William :  355 
Alba:  294 

Albion  s  England:  91 
Alcorne,  Thomas,  bk.  1627-39: 

309 

All  for  Love:  163 
Allde,  Edward,  pr.  1584-1628: 

214,  250,  256,  266,  301(7),  319, 

334 
Allde,  Elizabeth,  bk.  and  pr. 

1628-40:  127,  360 
Allde,  John,  pr.  1560-82 :  214 
Allot,  Robert:  299 
Allot,  Robert,  bk.  1625-35:  120 
All's  Well  that  Ends  Well:  119, 

185,   189,   191,  212,  266,  270 

Alphabeth  &  Instruction  des 

Chrestiens:  197 
Alsop,  Bernard,  pr.  1602-50:  264, 

354 
Amalethus:  190 


Ames,  Joseph:  199 
Amoretti:  26 
Amyot,  Jacques :  226 
Anatomy  (The)  of  Melancholy: 

349,  350 
Anatomy  (The)  of  the  English 

Nunnery:  351 
Annales  (The) :  293,  149 
Ant  (The)  and  the  Nightingale: 

321 

Antipodes  (  The) :  364 
Antiquities  (The)  of  Warwick- 
shire: 375 
Antonie:  287 
Antony  and  Cleopatra:  119,  163, 

169,  226 
Antony  and  Cleopatra  (by  Sed- 

ley)  :  169 

Apollonius  of  Tyre:  192 
Apology  (An)  for  Actors:  339,  24 
Arcadia,  The  Countesse  of  Pem- 

brokes:  239,  91,  234 
Archer,  Edward,  bk.  1656:  357 
Archer,  Thomas,  bk.  1603-34 : 

326,  342 
Arden  of  Fever  sham:  125,  126, 

127 

Ariosto,  Ludovico :  75,  215,  243 
Armin,  Robert:  319,  324,  325,  326 
Arraignment  (The)  of  Paris:  357 
Arte  (The)  of  English  Poesie: 

234 

Arte  (The)  of  Rhetorique:  198 
As  You  Like  It:  119,  233,  238 
Ashbee,  E.  W. :  i,  14 
Aspley,  William,  bk.  1598-1640: 

26,  64,  75,  119,  120,  296,  303, 

327 


200 


The  Index. 


Astley,  Hugh,  bk.  1588-1609:  300 
Astro phel  and  Stella:  240,  26,  265 
Auchinleek  Press :  283 
Austin,  Henry:  343 

B.,  C.,  See  Burby,  Cuthbert 
B.,  F.,  bk.  and  pr.  1607  :  34 1 
B.,  I.  or  J.,  bk.  1592-1608:  249, 

338;  pr.  1624-33:  19,  237;  pr. 

1687:  178 
B.,W.:344 

Bache,  John,  bk.  1604-14:  334 
Bacon,  Sir  Francis :  293,  368 
Badger,  Richard,  pr.  1 602-42 : 

20(?) 

Badius,  Jodocus:  216 
Bailey,  John,  bk.  1600-10:  314 
Baker,  Sir  Richard :  367 
Baldwin,  A.,  bk.  and  pr.  1699- 

1702:  184 
Ball  (The) .-328 
Ballard,  Henry,  pr.  1597-1608: 

151 

Bancroft,  Thomas :  358,  359 
Bandello,  Matteo:  46,  75,  131, 

193,  200,  203,  207,  212 

Banishment  (The)  of  Tarquin:  21 
Bankes  Bay  Horse,  See  Maroccus 

Extaticus 
Bankworth,  Richard,  bk.  1594- 

1612:  256 

Baptistae  Mantuani:  216 
Barkstead,  William :  334 
Barley,  William,  bk.  and  pr. 

1591-1614:  258,  261 
Barlow,  Timothy,  bk.  1616-25: 

264 

Barnes,  John,  bk.  1600-21  .-318 
Barnes,  Joseph,  pr.  Oxford,  1573- 

1618:318 
Barnfield,  Richard:  27,  282,  283, 

304 


Barrett,  William,  bk.  1607-24:  8, 

276 

Barry,  Mrs.  Ann  Spranger:  174 
Bartholomew  Fayre:  308 
Basse,  William:  366 
Battersby,  N.:  182 
Battell( The}  of  Alcazar:  256 
Beaumont,  Francis:  158,  310,  335, 

336,  356,  358,  366 
Beauty  the  Conqueror:  169 
Becket,  Leonard,  bk.  1608-32:  344 
Bedles,  Thomas:  316 
Bedles,  William:  316 
Bell,  Jane,  bk.  and  pr.  1650-59: 

93 

Belleforest,  Francois  de:  75,  79, 

190,  200,  203,  207 
Belvedere  Or  The  Garden  of  the 

Muses:  300,  301 
Bennet,  Thomas,  bk.  1670-1705: 

87 

Benson,  John,  bk.  1635-40:  27 
Bentley,  Richard,  bk.  1680-95:  86, 
87,  88,  106,  107,  108,  112,  113, 
114,  115,  116,  117,  123,  172, 

173.  174.  177 

Bermudas,  Discovery  of  the:  276 
Bernard,  Saint:  221 
Berthelette,  Thomas,  pr.  1528-54: 

192,  199 
Bettertori,  Thomas:  63,  112,  160, 

164,  165,  171,  172,  173,  174, 

182,  183,  184 

Betterton,  Mrs.  Thomas :  165 
Bettesworth,  A.,  bk.  1728:  181 
Bewe,  M. :  221 
Bible:  204,  205 
Bibliographical  Society:  1,  305, 

307 
Bioren  &  Madan,  bk.  and  pr. 

Philadelphia,  1795:  124 


The  Index. 


201 


Bird,  Robert,  bk.  1621-38:  10O, 

101 

Birkenhead,  John :  336 
Birth  (The}  of  Merlin:  156 
Bishop,  George,  bk.  and  pr.  1562- 

1611 :  222,  265 
Bishops'  Bible,  See  Bible 
Black-Friers  Theatre:  53,   103, 

104,  105,  106,  107,  108,  109, 

110,  158,  313,  327,  341,  356 
Blount,  Edward,  bk.  1594-1632: 

25,  119,271 
Blunden,  Humphrey,  bk.  1635-52: 

366 

Boaistuau,  Pierre :  203,  207 
Boccaccio,  Giovanni:  191,  212 
Bodenham,  John :  300,  301,  304 
Boke(The)of  the  Gouverneur: 

199 

Bollifant,  Edmund  (alias  Carpen- 
ter), pr.  1584-1602:  265 
Bonian  (or  Bonion),  Richard,  bk. 

1607-11 :  94,  95 
Boteler,  Thomas:  174 
Boutell,  Mrs.:  163 
Boylie,  John,  See  Bailey,  John 
Bracegirdle,  Mrs.  Anne :  183 
Bradock,  Richard,  pr.  1581-1615: 

149,  236 

Branch,  Lady  Helen :  285 
Brathwaite,  Richard :  354 
Brazen  (The)  Age:  343 
Breeches  Bible,  or,  Genevan  Bible, 

See  Bible 

Breton,  Nicholas:  304,  315 
Brewster,  Edward,  bk.  1654-99: 

123 

Bright,  Timothy:  231 
British  (The)  Bibliographer:  221 
Brome,  Richard :  364,  365 
Brome,  William,  bk.  and  pr. 

1577-91 :  230 


Brooke,  Arthur :  46,  193,  207,  208 
Brooke,  C.  F.  T.:  125 
Brooke,  Christopher :  345 
Brown,  D.,  bk.  1700-03:  182,  185 
Brydges,  Sir  Egerton:  221 
Buck,  Sir  George:  130 
Bucknell,  Thomas,  bk.  1651-52: 

373 

Bullen,  A.  H. :  304 
Burbage,  Richard:  293,  295,  318, 

324,  332,  372,  385 
Burby,  Cuthbert,  bk.  1592-1607: 

47,  52,  131,  132,  257,  259,  291, 

299 

Burnaby,  Charles:  185 
Burton,  Robert :  349,  350 
Busby,  John,  Sr.,  bk.  1590-1619: 

66,  233,  279,  284 
Bushell,  Thomas,  bk.  1599-1617: 

297>  3l6>  321 
Butter,  Nathaniel,  bk.  1605-64: 

91,  92,  118,  147 
Bynneman,  Henry,  pr.  1566-83: 

212,  215,  218 

C.,  E.,  pr.  1672.  Perhaps  Ellen 
Cotes,  q.v. 

C.,  I.:  320 

C.,  L,  pr.  1592 :  248 

C.,  J.:317 

C.,  W.,  See  Cotton,  William 

Cademan,  William,  bk.  1672-80: 
ill,  168 

Caeliano,  Torquato :  25 

Caesar  and  Pompey :  274 

Caius  Marius:  171 

Calendar  of  Shakespearean  Rari- 
ties: 324 

Cambridge  University:  79,  275, 

287,  33L  332 
Cambyses:  214 
Camden,  William :  346 


202 


The  Index. 


Campion,  Thomas:  346 
Canning,  W.,  bk.  1686-88:  387 
Canterbury  (The}  Tales:  206 
Capell,  Edward:  131 
Cartwright,  William :  336 
Caryl,  John:  160 
Cos  tar  a:  361 
Catullus :  346 
Cawood,  Gabriel,  bk.  1575(?)- 

1602:  220,  225,  289 
Caxton,  William :  94,  188,  189, 

192,  199,  206 
Cecill,  Thomas :  340 
Cephalus  £3  Procris:  288 
Certain  Elegant  Poems:  372 
Chalmers,  Alexander :  198 
Chances  ( The) :  357 
Chandos  Portrait:  124 
Chapman,  George:  158,  238,  293, 

306,  327,  328,  346,  358 
Charlecote  Hall:  319 
Charlemagne:  269 
Charles  1 :  370 
Charles  II :  128 
Charlton  (or  Chorlton),  Geoffrey, 

bk.  1603-14:  321 
Chaucer,  Geoffrey:  14,  73,  94, 

158,  206 

Cheerfull  Ayres:  377 
Chester,  Robert :  25 
Chettle,  Henry:  280,  281 
Chetwinde  (or  Chetwin),  Philip, 

bk.  1656-74:  121,  122,  143,  147, 

148,  165 
Chiswell,  Richard,  bk.  1666-1711: 

123 
Chronicle  (A)  of  the  Kings  of 

England:  367 
Chronicles  of  England,  Scotland 

and  Ireland:  222,  31,  38,  54, 

66,  91,  111,  263 
Cibber,  Colley:  160,  181 


Cibber,  Mrs.  Theophilus :  187 
Clarendon  Press:  1,  14,  22 
Clark,  Andrew,  pr.  1674-1676:  84, 

85,  166 
Clarke,  Sampson,  bk.  1583-98: 

244,  245 

Clarke  (or  Clerke),  W.:  287 
Cockpit  Theatre :  365 
Cockson,  Thomas :  243 
Coggan,  F.,  bk.  1703:  185 
Cole,  George  Watson:  119 
Colet,  Dean  John:  219 
Colin  Clouts  Come  Home  Againe: 

290,  288 

Collier,  J.  P. :  243,  345 
Comedies  and  Tragedies :  336 
Comedy  (The)  of  Errors:  119, 

261,  291,  322,  349,  387 
Comical  (The)  Gallant:  184 
Compton,  Lord:  312 
Comus:  308 
Condell,  Henry:  119 
Conquest  (The)  of  Granada:  382 
Constable,  A.,  bk.  1905 :  284 
Constable,  Francis,  bk.  1613-47: 

364 
Constable,  Henry:  26 

Cooke,  J. :  320 

Cooke,  James :  376 

Cooke,  William,  bk.  1632-41 :  328, 

358.  36i 

Corbet,  Richard :  372 
Coriolanus:  119  ,176,  226 
Corneille,  Pierre:  381 
Cotes,  Ellen,  pr.  1653-72 :  386(  ?) 
Cotes,  Richard,  pr.  1635-52:  368, 

372 
Cotes,  Thomas,  pr.  1620-41 :  27, 

102,  120,  158,  328 
Cotgrave,  John :  374 
Cotton,  William,  bk.  1602-09: 
323 


The  Index. 


203 


Coulis  or  Coles,  Francis,  bk.  1626- 
81:  11,  13 

Covell,  William :  287 

Cowley,  Richard:  75 

Creede,  Thomas,  pr.  1593-1617: 
39,  40,  41,  42,  47,  66,  67,  76, 
130,  147,  152,  251,  258,  261, 
263,  270,  285,  290,  315,  316, 
321,  322,  323,  344 

Cripps,  Henry,  bk.  Oxford  and 
London,  1620-61 :  349,  350 

Crooke,  Andrew,  bk.  1630-74:  328, 

372 

Crowne,  John:  172,  173 
Cupid's  Cabinet  Unlocked:  157 
Cymbeline:  119,  177,  186,  191, 
222,  226,  307,  342,  348,  357 
Cymbeline  (by  Hawkins)  :  186 
Cynthia  and  the  Legend  of  Cas- 
sandra: 282 

D.,  E.,  See  Dod,  Edward 

D.,  G.,  See  Dawson,  Gertrude 

D.,  I.,  See  Davies,  Sir  John 

Daiphantus:  323 

Daniel,  Samuel :  26,  248,  283,  288, 

293>  300»  346 
Danorum  Regum:  190 
Danter,  John,  pr.  1589-99:  28,  46, 

282 
Da  Porto,  Luigi,  See  Porto,  Luigi 

da 
Davenant,  Sir  William:  ill,  161, 

162,  165,  166,  168,  171,  182, 

362 

Davies,  Sir  John :  5 
Davies,  John,  of  Hereford:  318, 

3*9 
Davis,  Richard,  bk.  Oxford,  1646- 

88:377 
Davis,  Walter,  bk.  1681-1703: 

185 


Dawson,  Gertrude,  pr.  1649-61 : 

373 
Dawson,  Thomas,  Sr.,  pr.  1568- 

1620 :  267,  293 

Daye,  John,  pr.  1547-84:  197,  209 
De  Confessione  Amantis:  192,  96 
de  Ricci,  Seymour:  188,  189,  291 
de  Worde,  Wynken,  pr.  1493- 

1500:  199 

Deane,  John,  bk.  1601-19:  325 
Decamerone,  II:  191,  69 
Declaration  (A)  of  egregious  Pop- 
ish Impostures :  272 
Deeve,  John,  bk.  1700:  63 
Dekker,  Thomas:  143,  302,  303 
Delia:  248,  26 

Denham,  Henry,  pr.  1560-89:  212 
Dennis,  John:  176,  184 
Deuteromelia:  275 
Dew,  Thomas,  bk.  1621-25:  247 
Diana:  265,  26 
Digges,  Leonard:  119 
Discoverie  (The)  of  witchcraft: 

230,  313 
Discovery  {A)  of  the  Bermudas: 

276 

Disle,  Henry,  pr.  1576-80:  221 
Divell  (The)  is  an  Asse:  308 
Dod,  Edward,  bk.  1646-57:  365 
Donne,  John:  259,  366 
Dorastus  and  Fazvnia,  See  Pan- 

dosto 

Dorrell,  Hadrian:  286 
Double  Falshood:  159 
Dowden,  Edward :  287 
Downes,  John:  171 
Drake,  Nathan:  198 
Drayton,  Michael:  26,  143,  2503, 

283,  284,  287,  346,  368,  376 
Dring,  Thomas,  bk.  1649-68:  160 
Droeshout,  Martin:  21,  27,  119, 

120,  121,  122,  340 


2O4 


The  Index. 


Drury  Lane  Theatre:  174,  183, 

328 
Dryden,  John:  161,  162,  163,  164, 

168,  179,  183,  362,  379,  380, 

381,382,383,384 
Dudley,  Ambrose,  See  Warwick, 

Earl  of 

Duffett,  Thomas:  167,  168 
Dugdale,  Sir  William :  375 
Duke  (The}  of  Guise:  384 
Duke  of  York's  Theatre :  84,  85, 

86,  ill,  161,  162,  164,  165,  166, 

168,  169,  170,  171,  172,  173, 

»74 

D'Urfey,  Thomas :  177 

E.,  N.,  See  Elkins,  Nathaniel 
E.,  T.,  See  East,  Thomas 
Early  English  Text  Society:  269 
East,  Thomas,  pr.  1567-1609:  225, 

260,  325 

Eastward  Hoe:  327 
Edmonds,  Charles :  22 
Edward  II:  236,  31 
Edward  III:  131,  132,  26 
Edwards,  Richard:  221 
Edwards,  Thomas :  288 
Eikonoklastes:  370 
Eld,  George,  pr.  1604-24:  26,  94, 

95,  148,  153,  274,  306,  320,  332, 

345 
Elizabeth,  Queen:  76,  184,  238, 

243,  281,  320,  387 
Elizabeth,  Princess :  75 
Elizabethan  Translations  from  the 

Italian:  212 
Elkins,  Nathaniel,  bk.  1641-60: 

365 

Elliston,  Robert  W. :  174 
Elton,  Oliver :  284 
Elyot,  Sir  Thomas :  199 
Emperour  (The)  of  the  East:  356 


Empress  (The)  of  Morocco:  167 
Encomion  (The)  of  Lady  Pe- 

cunia:  283 
England,  Nicholas,  bk.  1558-68: 

212 

Englandes  Mourning  Garment: 

281 

Englands  Helicon:  304 
Englands  Parnassus:  299,  371 
English  Books  before  1601,  in 

Trinity  College,  Cambridge: 

225 

English  Dramatic  Poets:  28 
English  (The)  Gentlewoman:  354 
English  Masks  and  Pageants:  307 
English  ( The)  Princess:  160 
English  (The)  Treasury:  374 
Epicedium:  285 
Epigrames:  320 
Epigrammes  and  Elegies:  5 
Epigrammes  in  the  oldest  cut:  297 
Epigrams  Theological:  373 
Essais  de  Montaignes:  227,  271 
Essex,  Robert  Devereux,  Earl  of: 

31,  66,  238 
Eton  Grammar:  219 
Euphues:  225 
E  up  hues  Golden  Legacy,  See 

Rosalynde 

Evening's  (An)  Love:  381 
Every  Man  in  His  Humor:  307 
Every  Man  Out  of  his  Humor: 

305 

Fables  of  Esope:  189 
Faerie  ( The)  Queene  (by 

Spenser)  :  241,  75,  91 
FaireEm:  128,  129 
Fairy  Queen  (Opera)  :  179 
Faithorne,  William:  21 
Falconer  (or  Falkner),  Francis, 

bk.  1605-48:  154,  155 


The  Index. 


205 


Famous  ( The)  Victories  of 

Henry  the  Fifth:  263,  264,  54, 

66 
Farmer,  John  S. :  125,  130,  131, 

133,  145,  147,  148,  149,  151, 

156,  158 

Farmer,  Richard :  159,  339 
Father  Hubburds  Tales:  321 
Fawcett,  Thomas,  pr.  1621-43: 

354 

Fayre  (The)  Mayde  of  the  Ex- 
change: 337 

Fenton,  Sir  Geoffrey :  203 
Ferbrand,  William,  bk.  1598- 

1609:324 
Fian,  Dr. :  242 
Field,  Nathaniel :  385 
Field,  Richard,  pr.  1579-1624:  i, 

2,  4,  14,  234,  241,  243 
First  (The)  Booke  of  Balletts: 

260 

First  (The)  Booke  of  Songes:  268 
First  Folio,  See  Shakespeare's 

Works,  1623 
First  (The)  Folio  of  Shakespeare: 

119 

First  ( The)  Part  of  the  Conten- 
tion: 251,  252,  255 
Fisher,  Thomas,  bk.  1600-02 :  73 
Fitzstephen,  William:  292 
Flasket,  John,  bk.  1594-1613:  304 
Flea  ( The) :  330 
Flecknoe,  Richard :  385 
Fleetewood,  William :  223 
Fleire  (The): 341 
Flesher,  E.,  bk.  1681 :  174 
Flesher,  Thomas,  bk.  1680:  171 
Fletcher,  Giles:  1,  26 
Fletcher,  James,  bk.  1759:  186 
Fletcher,  John:  66,  158,  310,  336, 

356,  381,  382 
Florio,  John  :  227,  271 


Florizel  and  Perdita:  187 
Flowar,  Francis,  pr.  1573-96:  219 
Foole  upon  Foole:  324,  325 
Fosbrooke,  Nathaniel,  bk.  1605- 

29:274 
Fourth  Folio,  See  Shakespeare's 

Works,  1685 
Foxe,  John:  231 
Foxe's  Book  of  Martyrs,  See  Acts 

and  Monuments 
Fragmenta  Aurea:  371 
Freeman,  Thomas :  347 
French  (  The)  Schoole maister: 

217 

Frere,  Daniel,  bk.  1634-49:  367 
Fuller,  Thomas :  378 
Furnivall,  F.  J. :  i,  14,  22,  333 

G.,  J.,  pr.  1655-62:  21,  378 
G.,  T.,  See  Gubbin,  Thomas 
G.,  W.,  pr.  Perhaps  William 

Godbid,  q.v.:  378 
Garden  (The)  of  the  Muses,  See 

Belvedere 

Garrick,  David:  187 
Gascoigne,  George:  215,  293 
Gates,  Sir  Thomas :  276 
Gaywood,  Richard :  355 
Genevan  Bible,  See  Bible 
Gesta  Grayorum:  387 
Gesta  Romanorum:  69,  191,  201 
Ghost  (The)  of  Lucrece:  312 
Ghost  (The)  of  Richard  the 

Third:  345 

Gilbertson,  William,  bk.  1655:  21 
Gildon,  Charles :  182 
Giovanni  Fiorentino:  2O1,  262 
Giraldi-Cinthio,  G.  B. :  103,  210 
Glaucus  and  S  cilia,  See  Scillaes 

Metamorphosis 
Globe  Theatre :  31,  35,  36,  37,  46, 

48,  49,  50,  51,  53,  66,  91,  92, 


206 


The  Index. 


93>  94.  96»  97.  9$,  103,  104, 
105,  106,  107,  108,  109,  no, 
135,  136,  137,  138,  139,  140, 
141,  142,  149,  151,  152,  153, 
154,  155,  293,  318,  319,  356 
Gluttons  (The)  Feaver:  358 
Godbid,  William,  pr.  1656-77: 

378 

Golding,  Arthur:  1,  94,  211 
Goldocke,  Francis,  bk.  1569:  213 
Gosson,  Henry,  bk.  1601-09:  96, 

97 

Gosson,  Stephen:  69,  229 
Gosson,  Thomas,  bk.  1579-1600: 

229 

Gower,  John :  96,  192 
Graf  ton,  Richard,  pr.  1539-66: 

194,  195,  198,  206 
Granv^lle,  George,  Baron  Lans- 

downe:  183,  184 
Gray's  Inn:  215,  387 
Great  ( The)  Assises  Holden  in 

Parnassus:  368 

Greene,  Charles,  bk.  1631-48:  363 
Greene,  Robert :  249,  278,  279,  320 
Greenes  Groatsworth  of  Witte: 

278,  279,  280 

Greg,  W.  W. :  305,  307,  327 
Griffin,  Anne,  pr.  1634-43:  361 
Griffin,  Bartholomew :  22 
Griggs,  W. :  i 
Grosart,  Alexander  B. :  314 
Gubbin  (or  Gubbins),  Thomas, 

bk.  1587-1629:  233,  282 
Gunther,  Prof.  Dr.:  141 
Gybson,  John :  299 

H.,  H.,  Jr.,  pr.  1684-91 :  112,  113, 

114,  115,  116 

H.,  I.,  See  Harrison,  John,  I 
H.,  R.,  pr.  1640,  either  Richard 

Hearne,  q.v.,  or  Richard  Hodg- 

kinson,  q.v.:  366 


H.,  T.,  See  Hayes,  Thomas 
Habington,  William:  361 
Hall,  Arthur :  94,  228 
Hall,  Elizabeth :  376 
Hall,  Dr.  John:  375,  376 
Hall,  Rowland,  pr.  Geneva  and 

London,  i55(?)-63:  204 
Hall,  Mrs.  Susanna  Shakespeare: 

375.  376 
Hall,  William,  pr.  Oxford,  1656- 

72:377 

Halle,  Edward:  38,  194 
Halliwell-Phillipps,  J.  O. :  i,  14, 

54,  282,  322,  324,  329,  348 
Hamlet:  79,  80,  81,  82,  83,  84,  85, 

86,  87,  88,  89,  112,  119,  164, 

190,  202,  226,  274,  296,  323, 

325.  327.  335.  342,  344.  374 
Harbert,  Sir  William :  285 
Harington,  Lady  Anne:  218 
Harington,  Sir  John:  75,  218,  243 
Harper,  Thomas,  pr.  1614-56:  78, 

309.  356 
Harrison,  John,  I,  pr.  1556-1617: 

4,  14,  15,  16,  17 
Harrison,  John,  III,  pr.  and  bk. 

1600-04:  16 
Harrison,  John,  IV,  bk.  1603-39: 

20 

Harrison,  Lucas,  bk.  1556-77:  222 
Harsnet,  Samuel :  272 
Hart,  Charles:  163 
Hathaway,  Richard:  143 
Haviland,  John,  pr.  1613-38:  11, 

13.  362 
Haward,  Henry,  See  Howard, 

Henry 
Hawkins,  Richard,  bk.  1613-36: 

104,  120 

Hawkins,  William:  186 
Hayes,  Laurence,  bk.  1617-37:  71 


The  Index. 


207 


Hayes  (or  Heyes),  Thomas,  bk. 
1600-03:  69,  299 

Heads  of  all  Fashions:  353 

Hearne  (or  Heron),  Richard,  pr. 
1632-46 :366(?) 

Hecatommithi  (Gli):  210,  103, 
223 

Hekatompathia(The) :  220 

Heliodorus:  213 

Helme,  John,  bk.  1607-16:  246 

Heming,  John :  1 19 

Henry,  See  King  Henry 

Henry,  Prince :  277 

Henry  VI  (by  Crowne)  :  173 

Henryson,  Robert :  94,  206 

Henslowe,  Philip:  274 

Heptameron  (An)  of  Civill  Dis- 
courses: 224 

Herbert,  William:  199 

Hero  and  Leander:  238,  i,  288 

Herringman,  Henry,  bk.  1653-93: 
84,  85,  86,  87,  112,  113,  114, 
115,  116,  117,  123,  161,  162, 
163,  170,  379,  380,  381,  382, 

383    f 
Heyes,  Thomas,  See  Hayes, 

Thomas 

Heywood,  Jasper:  221 
Heywood,  Thomas:  24,  284,  337, 

338,  339'  340.  343»  368 
Hierarchic  (The)  of  the  Blessed 

Angel  Is:  340 
Hieronimo:  357 
Higgins,  John:  91 
Hill,  R.:  221 
Hindmarsh,  Joseph,  bk.  1681-87: 

176,  178 
Histoires  Tragiques:  203,  79, 

200,  207 

Histrio-Mastix:  360,  361 
Hodgets,  John,  bk.  1601-28:  329, 

335 


Hodgkinson,  Richard,  pr.  1624- 

68 :  366(  ?) 

Hoffman,  Tragedy  of:  357 
Hole,  William :  307 
Holinshed,  Raphael :  31,  38,  54, 

66,  91,  ill,  125,  131,  191,  222, 

263,  273 

Holland,  Hugh:  119,  346 
Hollar,  Wenceslaus :  375 
Hollyband,  See  Sainliens 
Holme  (or  Hulme),  William,  bk. 

1589-1615:305 
Homer :  94,  228 
Horn-book:  196,  197 
How,  William,  pr.  1565-1603: 

217 

Howard,  Sir  George:  212 
Howard,  Henry,  Earl  of  Surrey: 

202 
Howell  (alias  Mathews),  Ralph, 

bk.  1600-03:  311 
Howes,  Edmond :  293 
Hughes,  Mrs.  Margaret:  165 
Hundreth  (A)  sundrie  Flowres: 

215 

Hunne,  John,  bk.  1577:  222 
Hunt,  Thomas :  384 
Hunterian  Club,  Glasgow :  232, 

233 

Huon  of  Bordeaux:  269,  73 
Husband,  Edward,  bk.  and  pr. 
1641-60:  368 

Ideas  Mirrour:  2503,  26 

Iliad:  228,  94,  206,  228 

Ingratitude  (The)  of  a   Common- 
wealth: 176 

Injured  Princess:  177 

Islip,  Adam,  pr.  1591-1640:  262, 
340 

Jacke  Drums  Entertainment:  270 


208 


The  Index. 


Jackson,  Roger,  bk.  1601-25:  18, 

19 

Jacob,  Edward:  125 
Jaggard,  Isaac,  pr.  1613-27:  119 
Jaggard,  John,  bk.  1593-1623: 

283 
Jaggard,  William,  bk.  and  pr. 

1594-1623:  22,  23,  24,  118,  119, 

339 
James  1 :  75,  103,  1 1 1,  21 8,  230, 

238,  242,  327 

Jeffes,  Abel,  pr.  1584-99 :  233,  279 
Jew  (The)  of  Venice:  183 
John,  See  King  John 
Johnson,  Arthur,  bk.  1602-30:  76, 

77,  118,  151,  152,  153 
Johnson,  Thomas,  pr.  1661-64: 

156 
Jones,  Richard,  bk.  and  pr.  1564- 

1602 :  223,  224,  232,  235,  279 
Jones,  Robert:  268 
Jones,  William,  bk.  1589-1618: 

133.  134»  135»  136,  137»  138, 
145,  212,  236 

Jones,  William,  pr.  1601-33:  355, 
360 

Jonson,  Ben:  27,  119,  121,  122, 
305,  306,  307,  308,  309,  310, 
320,  327,  336,  346,  356,  358, 

363,  367>  38l>  383 
Jonsonus  Virbius:  310 
Joviall  (A)  Crew:  365 
Jugge,  Richard,  pr.  1547-77  :  205 
Julius  Caesar:  112,  113,  114,  115, 

116,  117,  119,  226,  298 

K.,  F.,  See  Kindlemarsh,  F. 
K.,  F.,  See  Kingston,  Felix 
Kemble,  John  Philip :  1 76 
Kemp,  Will :  75,  295,  332 
Killigrew,  Thomas:  165 


Kind-Harts  Dreame:  280 
Kindlemarsh,  F. :  221 
King  Henry  IF,  Part  I:  54,  55, 
56,  57.  58,  59.  60,  61,  62,  63,  64, 

76,  143,  214,  222,  225,  263,  266, 
291,  299,  300,  305,  341 

King  Henry  IV,  Part  II:  64,  65, 
54,  76,  143,  222,  235,  256,  263, 
266,  291,  305,  315,  330 

King  Henry  V :  66,  67,  68,  1 18, 

143,   189,  206,  222,  263,  307 

King  Henry  VI,  Part  I:  119,  173, 

222,  279,  307 
King  Henry  VI,  Part  II:  251,  252, 

255,  119,  172,  222,  307,  321 
King  Henry  VI,  Part  III:  253, 

254.  255,  1 19,  222,  278,  300, 

307 
King  Henry  VIII:  66,  119,  171, 

222,  231,  267,  293 
King  John:  119,  189,  197,  222, 

244,  245,  246,  247,  266,  291, 

357;  See  also  Troublesome 

Raigne  of  John 
King  Lear:  91,  92,  93,  118,  174, 

222,  239,  241,  272,  273,  277, 

357 

King  Lear  (by  Tate)  :  174 
King  Richard  II:  31,  32,  33,  34, 

35,  36,  37,  164,  189,  222,  236, 

291,  297,  299,  300 
King  Richard  II  (by  Tate)  :  175 
King  Richard  III:  38,  39,  40,  41, 

42,  43,  44,  45,  181,  222,  258, 

291,  297,  299,  300,  317,  342, 

345,  372 
Kingston,  Felix,  pr.  1597-1651  : 

238,  277,  294,  300 
Kingston  (or  Kyngston),  John, 

pr.  1553- c.i  584:  206 
Kirkman,  Francis,  bk.  1657-78: 

128,  156,  386 


The  Index. 


209 


Knight,  Clement,  bk.  1594-1629: 

333 
Knight,  Joseph,  bk.  1684-88:  112, 

113,  114,  115,  116,  123 
Knight's  (The)  Tale:  73,  158 
Kyd,  Thomas :  28,  79,  250 

L.,  H.,  See  Lownes,  Humphrey 
L.,  N.,  See  Ling,  Nicholas 
L.,  W.,  pr.  1662:378 
Lacey,  John:  180 
Lamb,  Charles :  236 
Lane,  John:  311 
Langbaine,  Gerard:  28,  128 
Law,  Matthew,  bk.  1595-1629:  34, 

35,  36,  41,  42,  43,  44,  57,  58, 

59,  60,  322 

Law  against  Lovers:  182 
Lawes,  Henry :  369 
Le  Fevre,  Raoul:  188 
Leake,  William,  Sr.,  bk.  1592- 

1633:5,6,7,22 
Leake,  William,  Jr.,  bk.  1635-81 : 

72,  105 

Lear,  See  King  Lear 
Lee,  Nathaniel :  165 
Lee,  Sir  Sidney:  l,  14,  22,  23,  96, 

119,  269 
Legate,  John,  Sr.,  pr.  1586-1620: 

287,  346 

Leir,  See  True  Chronicle  History 
Lichfield,  John,  pr.  Oxford,  1605- 

35 :  349»  350 
Licia:  l,  26 

Life  (The)  and  Death  of  Wolsey: 

267 

Life  of  Shakespeare:  119 
Lily,  William:  219 
Ling,  Nicholas,  bk.  1580-1607 :  79, 

80,  2503,  284,  299,  305 
Linley,  Paul,  bk.  1586-1600:  238 


Lintott,  Bernard,  bk.  1675-1736: 

181,  183 

Lisle,  Laurence,  bk.  1607-26:  345 
Lives  out  of  Plutarke:  226,  112 
Locrine:  130,  122,  123,  277 
Lodge,  Thomas:  l,  229,  232,  233 
Loggan,  David :  378 
Lombart,  Pierre :  375 
London  (The)  Prodigall:  147, 

122,  123,  357 

Longmans,  Green  &  Co. :  329 
Love  Betray' d:  185 
Lovers  (A)  Complaint:  26,  248 
Love's  Dominion:  385 
Love's  Kingdom:  385 
Loves  Labors  Lost:  52,  53,  22, 

196,  216,  259,  271,  291,  294, 

299>  3°o>  304 

Loves  Labours  Wonne:  291 

Loves  Martyr:  25 

Lowen,  John:  171 

Lowndes,  William:  161,  317 

Lownes,  Humphrey,  Sr.,  bk.  and 
pr.  1587-1629:333 

Lownes,  Matthew,  bk.  1591-1625: 
240,  294 

Lucrece:  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20, 
21,  27,  206,  212,  248,  281,  282, 
283,  284,  285,  286,  287,  291, 
297,  299,  300,  311,  312,  314, 

317.  332,  347.  371 
Lucy,  Sir  Thomas:  319 
Ludlow  Castle:  308 
Lydgate,  John :  14,  206 
Lyly,  John :  225 

M.,  A.,  See  Mathewes,  Augustine 
M.,  C.,  See  ^larlowe,  Christopher 
M.,  J.,  pr.  1670-78.  Perhaps  John 

Macocke,  q.v. 
M.,  T..-321 
M.,  T.,  pr.  1682:  176 


21O 


The  Index. 


Macbeth:  in,  165,  166,  119,  167, 

222,  226,  240,  242,  313 
McKerrow,  Ronald  B. :  1 
Macklin,  Charles :  183 
Macray,  W.  D. :  331 
Madagascar:  362 
Magnes,  M.,  bk.  1680:  106,  172, 

173.  174»  177 
Magnes,  S.,  bk.  1687:  107 

Malcontent  (  The) :  296 
Malone,  Edmund:  159,  333,  348 
Mansion,  Colard,  Flemish  pr.  *?_ 

1484:  188 

Mantuanus,  F.  B. :  216 
Marlowe,  Christopher:  1,  5,  22, 

31,  235,  236,  237,  238,  253,  280, 

288,  346 

Maroccus  Extaticus:  259 
Marsh,  Henry,  bk.  1641-65:  156 
Marsh,  Thomas,  pr.  1554-87:  216 
Marshall,  William :  21,  27,  336, 

340,  354.  367»  369>  371 
Marston,  John:  295,  296,  327, 

346 
Martyn,  John,  bk.  and  pr.  1649- 

80:  84,  85,  161,  170 
Massacre  (The)  of  Money:  316 
Massinger,  Philip:  158,  159,  356, 

357.  368 

Masuccio :  193,  207 

Mathewes,  Augustine,  pr.  1619- 
53:  104,  154,247 

Matilda:  284 

Measure  for  Measure:  119,  182, 
210,  223,- 224,  374 

Measure  for  Measure  (by  Gil- 
don)  :  182 

Meeting  (The)  of  Gallants:  322 

Meighen,  Richard,  bk.  1615-41  : 
78,  120,  307,  308 

Menaecmi:  261,  387 

Menander :  347 


Merchant  (The)  of  Venice:  69,  70, 
71,  72,   Il8,   183,  191,  201,  226, 

237,  262,  266,  291,  333,  374 
Meres,  Francis:  i,  22,  26,  28,  31, 

38,  46,  52,  54,  69,  73,  291 
Merry  (The)  Devil  of  Edmonton: 

151,  152,  153,  154.  155,  128, 

357 
Merry  (The)  Wives  of  Windsor: 

76,  77,  78,  1 18,  184,  202,  209, 

219, 348 

Metamorphosis:  211,  1 

Methuen  &  Co. :  1 18 

Michael  Dray  ton:  284 

Microcosmos:  318 

Middleton,  Thomas :  165,  230, 
312,  313,  321,  357 

Midsummer  (A)  Nights  Dream: 
73,  74,  118,  179,  206,  211,  269, 
291,  296,  302,  341,  352 

Milbourne  (or  Mylbourne) ,  Rob- 
ert, bk.  1618-41 :  351 

Millington,  Thomas,  bk.  1593- 
1603:  28,  66,  251,  252,  253, 
254,  281 

Milton,  John:  369,  370 

Mirrha:  334 

Mirror  (The)  of  Martyrs:  298, 

112 

Mirrour  (A)  for  Magistrates:  277, 

91 

Misery  (The)  of  Civil  War:  172 
Mock-Tempest  (The):  168 
Moffat,  Thomas:  321 
Moliere,  Jean  B.  P.:  381 
Montaigne,  Michel  de :  227,  27 1 
Montemayor,  George  de :  265 
Montgomery,  Philip  Herbert,  Earl 

of:  119,  121,  336 
*~intjoy,  Christopher:  217 
IViorgan,  John,  bk.  1642 :  353 
Morley,  Thomas :  260,  268 


The  Index. 


211 


Moseley,  Humphrey,  bk.  1630-61 : 

336,369.371.374 
Mounson,  Sir  Thomas :  299 

Mucedorus:  133,  134,  135,  136, 

137.  I38»  139,  140,  141.  142. 

128,  357 
Much  Adoe  about  Nothing:  75, 

182,  198,  200,  243 
Munday,  Anthony:  143,  262,  300 

N.,  E.,  bk.  1594:  282 
N.,  I.,  See  Norton,  John 
N.,  T.,  pr.,  See  Newcomb, 

Thomas 

N.,  T.,  bk.,  See  Newman,  Thomas 
Nabbes,  Thomas :  363 
Narcissus :  288 
Nash,  Thomas :  240,  279 
Neale,  Simon,  bk.  1674:  167 
Nest  (A}  of  Ninnies:  325 
Newbery,  Ralph,  bk.  and  pr. 

15601607:  228 
Newcomb,  Thomas,  pr.  1649-81 : 

162,  163,  381,  382,  383 
Newe  (The)  Inne:  309,  308 
Newes  from  Scotland:  242 
Newman,  Thomas,  bk.  1587-98: 

128,  240 

Niccols,  Richard:  277 
Nichols,  John,  pr.  c.  1778-0. 1826: 

313 

Nicholson,  Samuel :  314 
North,  Sir  Thomas:  112,  226 
Norton,  John,  pr.  1621-45 :  37,  44, 

45,  61,  62,  100,  101,  358 
Nottingham,  Charles  Howard, 

Earl  of :  277 
Novelle  (Le)  delBandello: 

200 

O.,  E.,  See  Oxford,  Earl  of 
O.,  N.,  See  Okes,  Nicholas 


Odyssey:  228 
Of  Dramatick  Poesie:  380 
Okes,  John,  pr.  1636-44:  359,  364 
Okes,  Nicholas,  pr.  1606-39:  17, 
24,  91,  103,  138,  326,  339,  342, 

343.  352 

Old  Fortunatus:  303 
Old  (The)  Law:  357 
Oldcastle,  Sir  John :  143,  298 
Oliffe  (or  Olive),  Richard,  bk. 

1590-1603:  270 
Orator  (The):  262 
Orlando  Furioso:  243,  75 
Orrery,  Roger  Boyle,  Earl  of :  379 
Othello:  103,  104,  105,  106,  107, 

108,  109,   112,   119,    165,  210, 

266, 356 

Otway,  Thomas  .-171 

Oulton,  Richard,  pr.  1633-43 :  363 

Outlines  of  Life  of  Shakespeare: 

329 
Ovid  (L.  Publius  Ovidus  Naso)  : 

1,73,211,291,328 
Oxford,  Edward  Vere,  Earl  of : 

221 
Oxford  University :  79,  274,  287, 

377 

P.,  E.,  See  Purslowe,  Elizabeth 

P.,  T.,  pr.  Perhaps  T.  Purfoot, 
q.v. 

Painter,  William:  14,  46,  131, 
191,  200,  203,  212 

Palace  (The)  of  Pleasure:  212, 
46,  131,  191,  200 

Palladis  Tamia:  291,  1,  14,  26, 
28,31,46,52,54,69,73 

Pammelia:  275 

Pandosto:  249 

Paradyse  (The)  of  daynty  de- 
vises: 221 

Parker,  John,  bk.  1617-48:  9 


212 


The  Index. 


Parker,  Richard,  bk.  1690-1700: 

182 

Parker's  Bible,  See  Bible 
Parsons,  Marmaduke,  pr.  1607- 

40:71(1) 
Passionate  ( The}  Pilgrime:  22, 

23,  24,  5,  26,  27,  283,  304,  339 
Pavier,  Thomas,  bk.  and  pr.  1600- 

25:  67,  68,  77,99,  118,  143, 

144,  149,  150,  255 
Payne,  John :  340 
Pecorone  (II) :  201,  262 
Peele,  George :  256,  35 1 
Peleus  &  Thetis:  183 
Pembroke,  Mary  Sidney  Herbert, 

Countess  of :  239,  287 
Pembroke,  William  Herbert,  Earl 

of:  119,  121,  336 
Pepys,  Samuel:  160 
Percy  Society :  282,  322,  348 
Pericles:  96,  97,  98,  99,  100,  101, 

102,   Il8,   119,    122,    123,   143, 

192, 309 

Perry,  Hugh,  bk.  1626-45 :  62 
Philosophers  (The)  Banquet:  344 
Phoenix  (The)  and  the  Turtle:  25 
Pierce  Penilesse  his  Supplication : 

279 

Pilgrimage  to  Parnassus:  331 
Plautus,  T.  M. :  261,  347,  387 
Playes  Confuted  in  five  Actions: 

229 
Plays  and  Poems  of  Shakespeare: 

124 

Plutarch:  73,  112,  226 
Poems  (by  Shakespeare)  :  27,  21, 

339.  369 
Poems  (by  Milton)  :  369 

Polimanteia:  287 
Pollard,  A.  W. :  33,  1 18 
Ponsonby,  William,  bk.  1571* 
1603:  239,  241,  290 


Porto,  Luigi  da:  46,  193 
Posies  (The}  of  George  Gas- 

coigne,  See  A  Hundreth  sun- 

drie  Flowres 
Paste  (A)  with  a  madde  Packet  of 

Letters:  315 
Preston,  Thomas:  214 
Primer  of  Henry  VIII:  195 
Printers'  and  Publishers1  Devices, 

1485-1640:  i 
Promos  and  Cassandra:  223,  210, 

224 

Prynne,  William:  360,  361 
Psalms:  209 
Purcell,  Henry:  179 
Purfoot,  Thomas,  pr.  1591-1640: 

43,  60,  155,  269 
Puritaine  (The):  148,  122,  123, 

357 
Purslowe,  Elizabeth,  pr.  1633-46: 

310 
Purslowe,  George,  bk.  and  pr. 

1614-32:351 
Puttenham,  George :  234 
Pj-yott],  L[-azarus-|,  pseud.,  See 

Munday,  Anthony 

Quarles,  John:  21 
Queen's  Theatre:  179 

R.,  I.  or  J.,  See  Roberts,  James 

R.,  R.,  pr.  1607:335 

Raleigh,  Sir  Walter :  22 

Randolph,  Thomas :  376 

Rape  (The)  of  Lucrece:  338,  284; 

See  also  Lucrece 
Rare  Books:  243 
Ratseis  Ghost:  329 
Ratsey,  Gamaliel :  329 
Ravenscroft,  Edward:  178 
Ravenscroft,  Thomas :  275 
Raworth,  Ruth,  pr.  1645-48:  369 


The  Index. 


Recuyell  ( The)  of  the  Histories 

of  Troy :  188,  94 
Red  Bull  Theatre :  338,  386 
Redtner,  Richard,  bk.  1610-32: 

319 

Reed,  Isaac:  313 

Remaines  concerning  Bntaine: 
346 

Remembrance  (A)  of  some  Eng- 
lish Poets:  283 

Returne  (The)  fro?n  Parnassus: 

332,  33 1 

Rich,  Barnaby :  203 
Rich,  Lady  Penelope :  265 
Rich  (The)  Jew  of  Malta:  237 
Richard,  See  King  Richard 
Richard  III:  160,  277,  372 
Rime  et  Pros  a:  193,  46 
Rival  (The}  Ladies:  379 
Rivington,  James,  bk.  1724- 

0.1803:  186 
Roberts,  James,  bk.  and  pr.  1569- 

1615:  29,  69,  70,  74,80,  118, 

126,  2503,  272,  284,  289,  295, 

304 
Robinson,  Humphrey,  bk.  1624- 

70 :  336 

Robinson,  Thomas:  351 
Rockit  (or  Rocket),  Henry,  bk. 

1602-11:  337 

Roman  (The),  Actor:  357 
Romeo  and  Juliet:  46,  47,  48,  49, 

50,  51,   171,   193,  200,  207,  212, 
221,  248,  291,  295,  297,  299, 
300,316,326,382 

Romeus  and  Juliet:  207,  208,  46 
Ronsard,  Pierre :  22O 
Rosalynde:  233 
Rosamond:  248,  288 
Rowe,  Nicholas :  76 
Rowley,  William:  156,  357 
Roxana  Tragccdia:  355 


Roxburghe  Club :  288,  323,  358 
Rubbe,  and  A  great  Cast:  347 
Rules  of  the  Italian  Grammar:  54 
Rumball,  E.,  bk.  1703:  89 

S.,  D.,  See  Sandys,  Dr.  Edwin 
S.,  G.,  pr.  1598.  Perhaps  George 

Shaw,  q.v.,  or  Gabriel  Simson, 

q.v.:  283 

S.,  P.,  See  Short,  Peter 
S.,  S.,  See  Stafford,  Simon 
S.,  V.,  See  Simmes,  Valentine 
S.,  W.:  130,  145,  146,  148 
Sainliens,  Claude  de:  217,  218 
Saint  John's  College,  Cambridge : 

332 

Saint  Marie  Magdalens  Conver- 
sion: 317 

Saint  Peters  Complaint:  289 
Salisbury  Court :  357,  363,  364 
Sandys,  Dr.  Edwin:  221 
Saunders,  Francis,  bk.  1683-95: 

87,  112,  113,  114,  115,  116,  123 
Sauny  the  Scot:  180 
Saxo  Grammaticus :  79,  190 
Schoole  (The)  of  Abuse:  69 
Scillaes  Metamorphosis:  232,  1 
Scoloker,  Anthony :  323 
Scot,  Reginald:  230,  313 
Scott,  Mary  A.:  212 
Scourge  (The)  of  Folly:  319 
Scourge  (The)  of  Venus:  343 
Scourge  (The)  of  Villanie:  295 
Second  Folio,  See  Shakespeare's 

Works,  1632 
Sedley,  Sir  Charles:  169 
Seile,  Henry,  bk.  1622-38:  310 
Se janus  His  fall:  306 
Select  Observations  on  English 

Bodies:  376 
Seres,  William,  Sr.,  pr.  1546-77: 

211 

Shadwell,  Thomas:  161,  162,  170 


214 


The  Index. 


Shakespeare,  Mrs.  Anne  Hatha- 
way :  375 

Shakespeare,  Susanna,  See  Hall, 
Susanna  S. 

Shakespeare  (The}  Apocrypha: 
125 

Shakespeare  Society :  345 

Shakespeare's  Folios  and  Quartos: 
118 

Shakespeare's  Lucrece:  14 

Shakespeare's  Venus  and  Adonis: 
1 

Shakespeare's  Works,   1623:  119, 
21,  27,  66,  75,  76,  79,  96,  110, 
111,  112,  120,  122,  149,  163, 
165,  176,  244,  251,  253,  255, 

313.  336,  353 
Shakespeare's  Works,   1632:  120, 

121,   122,  360,  369 

Shakespeare's  Works,  1663-64: 

121,   122,   96,    123,    130,    143, 
145,   147,   148,    149,  277 

Shakespeare's  Works,  1685 :  123 
Sharpham,  Edward:  341 
Shaw,  George,  pr.  1 595-98 :  283 
Sheares,  William,  bk.  and  pr. 

1625-62:  61,  110 
Shepherd's  (The}  Calendar:  234 
Sheppard,  Samuel :  373 
Sheridan,  Thomas:  176 
Shirley,  James:  159,  328,  365 
Shirley  (or  Sherley),  John,  bk. 

1644-66:  376 

Shomakers  (The)  Holiday:  302 
Short,  James,  bk.  and  pr.  Oxford, 

1618-24:349,  350 
Short,  Peter,  pr.  1589-1603:  5,  15, 

55,  253,  257,  268,  291,  305 
Shorte  (A}  Dictionane  for  yonge 

begynners:  199 
Shorte  (A)  Introduction  of 

Grammar:  219 


Sicilian  (The}  Usurper:  175 

Sidney,  Sir  Philip:  26,  91,  232, 
234,  239,  240,  265,  293,  304, 
346,  368 

Silvayn,  Alexander :  262 

Simmes,  Valentine,  pr.  1585(?)- 
1622:  31,  32,  33,  38,  57,  64, 
75,  143,  246,  252,  271,  281, 
284,  296,  297,  298,  302,  312, 

329 
Simmons,  Matthew,  bk.  and  pr. 

1636-54:370 
Simson,  Gabriel,  pr.  1583-1600: 

283 

Sinker,  Robert :  225 
Sir  Gregory  Nonsence:  352 
Sir  John  0  Ideas  tie:  143,  144, 

118,  122,  123 
Smeeton,  James :  266 
Smethwick,  John,  bk.  1597-1640: 

48,  49,  50,  51,  53,  81,  82,  83, 

110,  119,  120,  315,  330 
Smith,  Richard,  bk.  1567-95:  215 
Smith,  Wentworth:  130 
Snodham,  Thomas,  pr.  1603-25: 

18,  146 

Soliman  and  Perseda:  266 
Songes  and  Sonettes:  202 
Sonnets  (by  Shakespeare)  :  26,  22, 

27,  131,  232,  239,  248,  291 
Sotheran  &  Co. :  5 
Southampton,  Henry  Wriothes- 

ley,  Earl  of:  i,  14,  238 
Southwell,  Robert:  289 
Spanish  (The}  Tragedie:  250 
Sparke,  Michael,  Sr.,  bk.  1616-53: 

354.  36o 
Spenser,  Edmund:  26,  75,  91, 

234,  241,  283,  288,  290,  300, 

346,  366 
Stafford,  John,  bk.  1637-64:  21 


The  Index. 


215 


Stafford,  Simon,  pr.  1596-1626: 

56,  98,  132,  273,  303 
Stansby,  William,  bk.  and  pr. 

1597-1639:53,82,307 
Staple  (The}  of  Newes:  308 
State  (The)  of  Innocence:  383 
Stationers'  Register:  151,  320 
Steevens,  George :  348 
Stephen,  Sir  Leslie:  163 
Stephens,  Philemon,  bk.  1622-70: 

351 
Sternhold,  Thomas :  209 

Storer,  Thomas :  267 

Stowe,  John:  125,  149,  206,  292, 

293 
Strahan,  G.,  bk.  1703:  185 

Suckling,  Sir  John  :  371 
Summarie  (A)  of  the  Chronicles 

of  England:  149 
Supposes:  215 
Suppositi  (Gli):  215 
Surrey,  Earl  of,  See  Howard, 

Henry 

Survey  (A)  of  London:  292 
Swall  (or  Swayle),  Abel,  bk. 

1665-98:  164 

Tamburlaine  the  Great:  235 
Taming  (The)  of  a  Shrew:  257, 

110 

Taming  (The)  of  the  Shrew:  no, 

119,  180,  215,  257,  260 
Tanner,  Bishop  Thomas :  2OO 
Tap,  John,  bk.  1600-31 :  301 
Tate,  Nahum:  174,  175,  176 
Tatham,  John :  365 
Taylor,  John :  348,  352,  353 
Tempest,  The:  161,  162,  119, 

168,  211,  227,  243,  271,  276, 

307,  362,  377 
Ten  Books  of  Homers  Iliades: 

228 


Terence:  347 

Testament  (The)  of  Creseide:  94, 
206 

Theatre  in  Little  Lincoln's  Inn 
Fields:  63,  182,  183,  185,  385 

Theatre  Royal :  87,  88,  106,  107, 
108,  109,  112,  113,  114,  115, 
116,  117,  159,  163,  168,  171, 
175,  176,  177,  178,  180,  181, 
184,  186,  187,  379,  381,  382 

Theobald,  Lewis:  159 

Third  Folio,  See  Shakespeare's 
Works,  1663-64 

Thomas,  William :  54 

Thomas,  Lord  Cromwell:  145, 
146,  122,  123,  357 

Thomson,  James:  176 

Thorpe,  Thomas,  bk.  1603-25: 
26,  306 

Timon  of  Athens:  119,  170,  189, 
198,  212,  226,  357,  374 

Timon  of  Athens  (by  Shadwell)  : 
170 

Titus  Andronicus:  28,  29,  30, 
178,  206,  250,  291 

Titus  Andronicus  (by  Ravens- 
croft)  :  178 

Tofte,  Robert:  294 

Tom  Tel-troths  Message:  311 

Tonson,  Jacob,  bk.  1679-95:  87, 
164,  175,  179,  384 

Tonson,  Jacob,  bk.  1762-67:  187 

Tonson,  Richard,  bk.  1677-81 : 
169,  175 

Tonson,  Richard,  bk.  1762:  187 

Totenham  Court:  363 

Tottel  (or  Tottell),  Richard,  pr. 
1552-93:  202,  207,  208,  212 

Tragical  ( The)  History  of  Rich- 
ard III  (by  Cibber)  :  181,  160 

Treasurie  (The)  of  the  French 
tong:  218 


2l6 


The  Index. 


Treatise  (A)  of  the  English 

Stage:  385 

Trick  to  catch  the  Old  One:  357 
Troia  Britannica:  339 
Troilus  (by  Chaucer) :  94 
Troilus  (by  Dry  den)  :  164 
Troublesome  ( The)  Raigne  of 

King  John,  Parts  I  and  II : 

244,  245,  246,  247,  357 
Troylus  and  Cresseida:  94,  95, 

119,  188,  206,  228,  317,  357, 

374 
True  ( The)  Chronicle  History  of 

King  Leir:  273,  91 
True  Declaration  of  Colonie  in 

Virginia:  276 
True  ( The)  Tragedie   of  Richard 

7/7:258,38 
True  (The)  Tragedy  of  Richard, 

Duke  of  York:  253,  254,  255, 

251 
Trundell  (or  Trundle),  John,  bk. 

1603-26:79,348 
Turbervile,  George :  203 
Twelfth  Night:  119,  185,  200, 

213,  248,  265,  268,275 
Twine,  Lawrence:  96 
Two  Bookes  of  Epigrammes:  359 
Two  (The)  Gentlemen  of  Verona: 

119,  197,  207,265,291 
Two  Maids  of  More-clacke :  326 
Two  Noble  Kinsmen:  158 
Tylney,  Charles :  130 

Underdowne,  Thomas:  213 
Union  ( The)  of  Lancaster  and 
Yorke:  194,  38 

Van  Dalen,  Cornells  :  367 
Vautroullier,  Thomas,  Sr.,  bk. 

and  pr.  1562-87  :  226 
Vaux,  Thomas,  Baron  Vaux:  221 


Vavasour,  Nicholas,  bk.  1623-43: 

237 

Veale,  Abraham,  bk.  and  pr. 
1548-86:  217 

Venus  and  Adonis:  i,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6, 
7,  8,  9,  10,  n,  12,  13,  14,  27, 
211,  220,  232,  234,  241,  282, 
283,  287,  288,  289,  291,  297, 

299.  300.  303.  3".  3M.  328, 
332,  334.  337»  343.  347.  35 '» 
354 
Verbruggen :  182 

Vigilantius  Dormitanus :  286 
Vindication  (  The)  :  384 
Virginia,  True  Declaration  of: 
276 

W.,  R.,  bk.  1700:  63 

W.,  W.,  pr.,  See  White,  William 

W.,  W.,  pr.  1664.  Perhaps  Wil- 
liam Wilson,  q.v. 

Walbancke,  Matthew,  bk.  1618- 
67 :  359 

Walkley,  Thomas,  bk.  1619-58: 
103,  362 

Walley,  Henry,  bk.  1608-55:  94, 

95 

Warner,  William:  91,  261 
Warren,  Thomas,  bk.  and  pr. 

1638(^-61:375 
Warton,  Joseph :  200 
Warwick,  Ambrose  Dudley,  Earl 

of:  212 

Warwickshire:  no,  376,  378 
Waterson,  John,  bk.  1620-56: 

158,  356 
Waterson,  Simon,  Sr.,  bk.  1584- 

1634:248,346 
Watson,  Thomas :  220,  287 
Watts,  J.,  pr.  1728:  159 
Weak,  W.,  bk.  1681 :  106 
Webster,  John :  296,  342 


The  Index. 


217 


Weaver,  John:  46,  112,  297,  298 
Wellington,  Richard,  bk.  1703- 

05:89,  109 

Westward  for  Smelts :  348 
Whetstone,  George:  21O,  223,  224 
White,  Edward,  Sr.,  bk.  1577- 

1612:  28,  29,  30,  125,  126,  250, 

266,  269 
White,  William,  pr.  1597-1615: 

34.  35.  52,  59.  254 
W kite  (T he)  D iv el:  342 

Whitehall  Palace:  103,  135,  136, 
137,  138,  139,  140,  141,  142, 

237 
Whitlock,  E.,  bk.  and  pr.  1698: 

180 

Whittingham,  William:  204 
Whole  (The)  Contention:  255, 

99,  118,251,252,253,254 
Wight,  John,  bk.  1561  :  206 
Williams,  Thomas,  bk.  1662-67: 

378 

Willobie,  H. :  286 
Willobie  His  A  vis  a:  286 
Wilson,  John :  377 
Wilson,  Robert:  143,  302 
Wilson,  Thomas:  198 
Wilson,  William,  pr.  1640-65 : 

379 

Wily  Beguilde:  333 
Windet,  John,  pr.  1584-1611  : 

231,  286 
Winnington,  John,  bk.  1587-95: 

128 

Winstanley,  William:  128 
Winters  (The)  Tale:  119,  187, 

249.  307.  377 

Wise  (or  Wythes),  Andrew,  bk. 
1589-1603:  31,  32,  33,  38,  39, 
4°.  54.  55.  56,  64,  75 


Witch  (The):  313,  165,  230 

Withals,  John:  199 

Wither,  George :  368 

Wits  (The):  386 

Wits  Recreations:  366 

Wolfe,  John,  pr.  1575-1601  :  220, 

241,  288,  289,  292 
Woman  (The)  Hater:  335 
Wood,  Ralph,  pr.  1642-65:  385 
Wood,  William,  bk.  1598-1602: 

298 

Woodhouse,  Peter :  330 
Worcester,  Marquis  of:  176 
Workes  (by  Jonson)  :  307,  308, 

309 

Workes  (by  Chaucer)  :  206 
Worthies  (The)  of  England:  378 
Wreittoun,  John,  pr.  Edinburgh, 

1621-40:  10 
Wright,  Henry:  167 
Wright,  John,  Sr.,  bk.  1605-58: 

26,  129,  139,  140,  141,  142, 

273.  274.  332 

Wright,  William,  Sr.,  bk.  1591- 
1603:  242,  278,  280 

Wriothesley,  Henry,  See  South- 
ampton, Earl  of 

Wyatt,  Sir  Thomas  :  202 

Wykes  (or  Wekes),  Henry,  pr. 
1557-69:213 

Y.,  J.  Perhaps  James  Young,  q.v. 
Ylope,  M. :  221 
York,  England:  149 
Yorkshire  (The)  Tragedy :    149, 

150,  118,  122,  123,  357 
Young,  Bartholomew :  265 
Young,  James,  pr.  1643-53:  365 
Young,  Robert,  pr.  1625-43:  51, 

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